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Originally Posted by Pudfark

Some citizens here are empowered. I am one of them.
How?
I take responsibility. When confronted with any type of bad folks who demonstrate a desire to steal, destroy or threaten my family, neighbors, myself or our property. I have the ability to take the appropriate action. I don't have to wait hours for the police to apologize and take a report. The really neat responsible part of this? It's legal here.

Now for that "nation, not yourself" part....when, I read that...I giggled.
At you.
Try this on for size?
If you can't defend yourself first, how can you defend your nation?

You take responsibility? I presume you have a cape to twirl whilst you dish out punishment in your vigilante alter ego?

I presume that you know that the "right to bear arms" has different interpretations, and that it was formulated in the late 18th century? By people who had to support the idea of armed insurrection as that is what they had just done?

I don't have to defend my nation as my government does that on my behalf, and I trust them to do so. Owning a gun wouldn't help me defuse an IED in Afghanistan, or stop a terrorist attack. How do you defend your nation by owning a gun? Owning a gun doesn't empower you to do anything at all; that's what the rule of law does.

It really doesn't bother me that the USA allows the right to bear arms. It's your country and your politicians and if you vote for them and they let you have what you want then that's fine. If you disagree with your government by all means form a militia and march on Washington. It'll make great TV whilst it lasts.

However, don't criticise another country's peoples and laws just because you do not agree with them. If you're not a citizen then it's really none of your business. That goes for the whole guns are great/bad argument.

Giggle away.