The only fight I had ever been in was over 25 years ago, and that was dealing with a drunk when I was in Navy. I got hit, but never swung a punch, as another guy jumped between us before I could do anything.
Like you said this whole world needs a nice, hard kick in the britches, to that I agree whole heartidly. Too, like you, I much prefer to use my head to keep myself out of trouble, and it works most of the time. Unfortunately those that cause the trouble don't care what your thinking, or trying to do. In their eyes it's all about them, and what they want. In many cases they just hope you won't get in their way, but there are those that sincerely hope you do so they can hurt, or kill you just for fun.
I never truly understood that until the kid pulled his gun on me that night. That one instance was a turning point for me in the way I viewed the world in general. I already knew from my time in the military spent overseas, that there were folks out there that didn't even know you, yet didn't like you and would kill you at the drop of a hat, but the thinking never extended to being back at 'home' in the States. As I said, my whole outlook changed that night when I saw that it could happen here just as easily as it could anywhere else in the world....
As far as 'what to think' about the right to bear arms, I can only ask this. What does the Constitution say in the 2A? It clearly states that the right to bear arms 'Shall NOT be infringed'. It states nothing about the right being confined to carrying concealed, carrying only in your home but not in public, or anything else. It also uses the word SHALL, which in a legal context has always meant pretty much, 'without question', 'with no restriction', or whatever. That's not to say I think those convicted of violent crimes, those with mental problems, and so on should be allowed to own a gun, but for the rest of us, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, has just as much meaning, and clarity to it, as the 1A which guarantees the freedom of speech which we all, guns owners and anti-gunners alike, cherish so much. In fact, and it might sound cliché, but the 2A was designed to be used as a deterrent, or weapon if needed, to protect the 1A...
As such your free to feel however you want, but it's the 2A that, in part, gives you that right. As such it should be embraced just as tightly, and as truly, as the 1A or any of the others.
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