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Was it Ben Franklin who noted "you can't reason a man out of a position that he did not reason himself into"?

In some 10,000 years of recorded human history, guns have only occupied a tiny percentage of that time. Murder, theft, assault, envy, greed, lust and the other curses of our sin nature have dogged us for the entire course. If guns were to disappear tomorrow and mankind had to revert to swords and bows for defense and war, I am quite certain that crime would statistically change very little. Certainly the victim profile might shift as older and less physically sound individuals would be victimized at a greater rate, much like in the animal kingdom, but overall, crime would still be the same problem that it is today. This negates the liberal argument that guns make society more dangerous and to some extent negates the conservative argument that guns make us safer, except in the case of women and older individuals who would likely be victimized at a higher rate as they would be less capable of winning a physical encounter with a large attacker.

We should consider turning the "war on guns" argument into a "war on women" and throw that back in the progressive's face. A young fit black man who would otherwise conduct a "drive by" on another young black man in a rival gang, might not want the physical fight and might pick an elderly Korean shop keeper to commit his crime against, but the liberal logic that believes removing the gun from his hand will change his heart and turn him into a loving father and contributor to society is a nonsensical as the story of Peter Pan.

The real purpose of guns in American society is to keep the American government answerable to the American people. What Mr. Winkler needs to understand is that for any nation to be free, the people must be armed in equal proportion to the government. As soon as our rifles are taken away, we cease to be free citizens and become wards of the government. As long as that government is led by the socialist messiah Barrack Obama, the liberals will be happy. Will they be happy in 2016 when he is gone and the new guy gets in power? Will they want their rifles when Washington is no longer leading them down the promised path toward their desired future? How happy will the young socialist progressives be when a new president decides that Jews are the problem to our bankrupt, crime ridden nation? Or perhaps it is all the Latinos migrating in that turned things sour, or Irishmen for that matter? Will they try to scrounge the remaining rifles that were hidden and attempt to stop the genocide? I am betting they will close their doors, remain as silent as church mice and hope not to be noticed.

Liberty once lost is lost forever. I am not as educated, sophisticated or respected as Mr. Winkler, but I do cherish my freedom more than he does his.