TexasCHLforum.com

Until/unless the Progressives willingly put their lives in danger to protect others, prove effective in the protection of others, and guarantee the protection of others (against whatever numbers and weapons), the fundamental affirmation of the most basic of human rights -- life -- is the right to protect oneself with tools suited to that purpose. The Second Amendment provides this affirmation for all people in the US, and there are hundreds of millions of firearms in private hands partly because protection of this basic human right is ultimately the individual duty of each person.

Sadly, a republican form of government based on timeless human rights principles is imperiled by democracy where voters are ill-informed and ill-educated. These voters know neither what they have nor what will be lost if their desires come to fruition. The progressive element chuckles as the US electorate destroys the country. When Government has a monopoly of force over the People, the People are subjects rather than citizens -- subject entirely to the whims of those in power.