U. of St. Thomas Student – Freedom is Owning a Gun
Vladimir Davidiuk has written a new piece for The College Conservative that celebrates the second amendment.
Give it a look.
Freedom Is Owning A Gun
The right to bear arms, enshrined in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, has been under attack by liberals for decades. They fight on, in spite of the fact that their fight directly conflicts with the will of the vast majority of Americans. In waging a continuing war on liberty, progressives and liberals have directly and intentionally opposed the freedoms that have existed since the founding of the Republic.
These fights culminated in 2008, when the Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment not only guarantees an individual’s right to possess a firearm completely unconnected with service in a militia, but to also have the right to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, most especially self-defense within the home. “[W]e find they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation (i.e., self-defense). The inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right,” they concluded.
President Obama and congressional Democrats, led by Senator Harry Reid, have made numerous attempts to capitalize on the tragic deaths of children and other innocents killed in shooting incidents in an ongoing effort to restrict or curtail gun rights. Their endeavors have met with failure because the overwhelming majority of Americans recognize that these attempts are inappropriately misguided and disproportionate responses to such incidents.
In poll after poll from 1990 to 2013, support for strict gun control laws and regulations has fallen from nearly 80% in 1990 to below 50% today. Americans realize that unnecessary attempts to infringe on the rights of gun ownership for law-abiding citizens is the wrong solution to a problem with the mental health of deranged liberals.
Now, even the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – the most liberal Circuit Court in America – recognizes the irrefutable fact that the Second Amendment is a sacred right which has ensured the freedoms and liberties that all Americans enjoy.