Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
I asked what 2A rights he believe need protection.
See, that's kind of a hard question to swallow. Anyone who's been paying attention to politics for more than a day or two probably knows there is a seeming eternal fight between those who wish to see the current longstanding infringements on the right to bear arms removed and those who seek to abolish the second amendment and make private ownership of firearms illegal.
Anyone who's had their eyes open to the subject for long has seen every question of what citizens can and can't do with their guns, which ones they may own, where they may possess them, how they feed them, and literally every detail of ownership and use argued vehemently between those two opposing forces. Each question of law on the subject presents an opportunity for one side to try to limit and constrain a citizen's ability to lawfully possess or act, and for the other side (--OUR side--) to try to repeal restrictions and return to the state of freedom defined by the founders of this country.
Many of us who've studied the political history of this fight recognize that there is perpetual pressure toward elimination of the right, piece by piece as well as wholesale -- and that the only effective response has been a decades-long sustained effort to push back with everything we have.
This is working -- we've made amazing strides in the last 10 years or so which some of us believed we'd never see -- but it must be sustained. Our gains have been by slim margins (like the recent 5-4 SCOTUS decision) and are far, FAR from comprehensive and complete.
If you are a recent immigrant to the US or maybe just new to the world of citizen firearms ownership, though, I can see how you'd have never considered the question so closely before. Welcome to the fight!