The NRA is all about separating YOU.... from your MONEY!
They are not trustworthy..
The wisdom of the Founding Fathers is evident in that the Bill of Rights is not a list of things the Federal Government says the people are allowed to have but the Bill of Rights is a list of things the people say the Federal Government is not allowed to restrict or control.
But over the years some of "the people" have become so complacent and so dependent upon the Federal Government to be like a Daddy to them they actually think handing Daddy Fed the power to regulate and control the government instituted infringement upon the right to bear arms called a concealed carry permit is some kind of good thing.
Obviously the wisdom of the Founding Fathers is not shared by some of "the people" today.
Why on earth would you think that 5 million (+-) "gun owners" have the power to change things?
Let's see... Approximately 320 million Americans and MAYBE 4/5 million NRA members........
Yeah... That's clout... NOT!
The 2nd Amendment does not GIVE us anything. The 2nd Amendment recognizes that the people already have the right to keep and bear arms just because the people are human beings and the 2nd Amendment tells the government it does not have the authority to restrict or control (infringe upon) that right.
In other words, we... the people... are born with the right to keep and bear arms and even it there were no government we .. the people... would still have the right to keep and bear arms just because we are .... people.
And the same holds true for all the other rights mentioned in the Bill of Rights. We ... the people...already have the rights and the Bill of Rights does not give us anything but actually tells the government to leave our rights alone. And that is a very important distinction.
By the way...
Background checks and carry permits are infringements simply because they restrict, limit, and control, who is NOT allowed to keep and bear arms. It is the... NOT allowed... part that is a very important distinction because it is the government that is doing, and controlling, the NOT allowed part. And the background checks and permit systems never were about who is going to be so special as to be given a pat on the head by being allowed to have the government's permission (permit) but is all about who is NOT going to be allowed. And the government controls the criteria for who is not allowed.
Change the criteria and who is allowed is changed by increasing those who are NOT allowed. And the NOT allowed part will always fall on the side of the most restrictive as possible. I wish folks would think about that before believing a national reciprocity system controlled by Daddy Fed is some kind of good idea.
By the way the word "arms" is not limited to just pistols but means any and all weapons.....
Arms
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
n. pl.1.Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
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Arms | Definition of Arms by Webster's Online Dictionary