I can understand the hoplophobic mindset when it comes to fear of guns (or weapons in general), what I don't understand is how you can twist an interpretation of the 2nd Amendment into a fucking pretzel. The Bill of Rights in its entirety, 1st through the 10th Amendment, spell out very clearly that those rights apply to ALL the citizens of the United States. That phrase in the 2nd, "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE", means exactly that. You have the right to bear arms, IF YOU WANT TO. If you don't want to bear arms, and I have no doubt about that, then DON'T. OK?

Yeah, under the 1st Amendment you have the right to wail and whine and complain 'til your fucking tongue bleeds, but you DO NOT have the right to DEMAND AN INFRINGEMENT OF ANY OF OUR RIGHTS.

It is patently obvious that your knowledge and understanding of our constitution is lacking or non-existent. No doubt this ignorance extends to the history of our founding, including the founders intent in including a bill of rights in our constitution. Codifying our Bill of Rights was not easy, it was a struggle among those men to get them in the constitution.

The Second Amendment does not ‘give’ citizens any rights. Rather, as the U.S. Supreme Court explained in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Second Amendment codifies,’ ‘protects,’ and ‘secure(s)’ a right — rather than ‘grants,’ ‘bestows,’ or ‘gives’ one.

The Supreme Court explicitly stated that ‘it has always been widely understood that the Second Amendment, like the First and Fourth Amendments, codified a pre-existing right. The Second Amendment text recognizes the right as pre-existent, declaring only that it “shall not be infringed.”’ Id. at 592 (emphasis added). That is why the Court concluded in Heller that the right to keep and bear arms ‘belongs to all Americans.’ Id. at 581 (emphasis added).

READ CAREFULLY, "THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS." Just as it is the right of all Americans to "freely exercise" the religion of their choice, it is quite apparent that not all Americans do so. They have the right to that choice. Yet, like you and your tirades against the 2nd Amendment, the secular humanists and atheists among us actively INFRINGE on the rights of the religious to exercise their faith.

What you are doing is advocating tyranny. If that is what you want, there are plenty of countries that will accommodate you. We Americans are already too close to serfdom under an increasingly despotic government, and if you left-wing crackpots don't back the hell off, you will finally have something bloody to scream about.

Okay. You are really dense. I get that. Read the 2nd amendment again. Who does it specifically protect? If I choose to bear arms, it will protect me, but if I don't? This is not true of any other amendment. This is so obvious. Read it! The 2nd does not apply to all citizens! If I choose to bear an arm, yes, but if not, no. And how am I protected from the proliferation of arms you or possibly less friendly people freely want to collect? A nuclear device? Overstated, maybe. A machine gun? A claymore mind? Where does it end?

You guys never finish the thought to its natural conclusion.

DEBUNK:

1. The 2 sources which you cite are repetitions of one "study"

2. The results rank Michigan and Illinois in the group 31-40 for "gun violence"

THE TRUTH:

1. Michigan ranks 14th for murder in 2014*


2. Illinois ranks 15th for murder in 2015*

You don't let the facts get in the way do you?

Do you mindlessly swallow all of the progressive pablum, or are you selective?

Or do you not consider being murdered a threat to you and yours?

Study and conclusion both invalid!

* DOJ Uniform Crime Report 2014

Okay. You are really dense. I get that. Read the 2nd amendment again. Who does it specifically protect? If I choose to bear arms, it will protect me, but if I don't? This is not true of any other amendment. This is so obvious. Read it! The 2nd does not apply to all citizens! If I choose to bear an arm, yes, but if not, no. And how am I protected from the proliferation of arms you or possibly less friendly people freely want to collect? A nuclear device? Overstated, maybe. A machine gun? A claymore mind? Where does it end?

You guys never finish the thought to its natural conclusion.

Unrestricted gun control? Anyone anywhere having a gun? And those without must live in fear or concede to an ideology of violence? An eye for eye? Can you not see how terrible and irresponsible it is to oppose gun control? Reasonable things like universal registration? Do you hate domestic tranquility and our pursuit of happiness so much that you want anyone anywhere accommodated with fatal force? Everyone armed? It is total madness. This is so far down the rabbit hole to talk about this I feel I am in a Lewis Carroll novel.

Who does it specifically protect? If I choose to bear arms, it will protect me, but if I don't? This is not true of any other amendment. This is so obvious. Read it! The 2nd does not apply to all citizens! If I choose to bear an arm, yes, but if not, no. And how am I protected from the proliferation of arms you or possibly less friendly people freely want to collect? A nuclear device? Overstated, maybe. A machine gun? A claymore mind? Where does it end?

You guys never finish the thought to its natural conclusion.