Joe Demko
Member
I am not sure that I like your tone.
Even if the following equation were proved to be true:
more guns = more crime + more suicide + more mental anguish + (fill in the blanks)
it wouldn't change a RIGHT. Human beings have a God given right to self-defense.
You know, I've never been too thrilled with that line of thought. God-given? Which god? Do people who believe in different gods not have identical rights?
I'd like to see a well-reasoned, logical explanation for the right to self-defense that didn't involve appeals to supernatural authority.
I'm not at all comfortable with making gun rights faith-based.