04-24-2018, 08:43 AM
It is rational, when potentially confronted with a situation, to be trained, equipped and mentally ready for that situation. The founding fathers lived in a world where those situations were common enough to protect that right. It is rational to believe that a bad guy confronted with such a hostile and active population would feel free to avoid drawing the attention of an armed, trained and ready population.
It does not hurt to write laws that supposedly prohibit bad guys (felons, the insane, etc...) from owning or carrying arms. That fine if you think prohibition will work, but irrational if you do not. Police can spend their time and effort trying to make prohibition work. Just make sure due process and rule of law aren't thrown away in a vain hope for backwards safety.
It does not hurt to write laws that supposedly prohibit bad guys (felons, the insane, etc...) from owning or carrying arms. That fine if you think prohibition will work, but irrational if you do not. Police can spend their time and effort trying to make prohibition work. Just make sure due process and rule of law aren't thrown away in a vain hope for backwards safety.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.