Keep and Bear Arms

The United States Constitution protects my right to self defense. The Second Amendment (2A) reads,

A well-regulated militia/ being necessary to the security of a free state,/ the right of the people to keep and bear arms/ shall not be infringed.

What excellent English! What great sentence structure! Note that the the four specific points are distinct, separable by slashes. I could write an essay on this amendment, but other issues need my attention.

It is well that the Constitution, 2A, respects my right to defend myself (and civilization), because so many irrational people are trying to take it away. The Brady bunch, whose main website is here

http://www.bradycampaign.org/ , would love to leave me defenseless in the face of criminals.

I know whereof I speak. I was assaulted by three young black men, who jumped me from behind, outside my apartment one night in April 2007. These "gangstas" fortunately did not know their business very well, or they would have kicked me while I was down, instead of beating me on the back with their skinny fists.

This attack would not happen today. First of all, I carry myself differently, and I watch my surroundings. I make myself a "hard target" for predators anywhere. If they insist on being stupid, and attack me anyway, I will stop them.

I will stop them in such a way that they will not attack anyone else. For I will defend not only myself, but by law I may defend others from attack. Really, 2A is about defending civilization.

Now even before the Constitution, or perhaps underlying it, is our natural right to self defense.

Since

1. all animals defend themselves (if they want to live), and since

2. firearms are the most effective self defense, then

3. all law-abiding people should be able to bear firearms.

There is no other way about it: keeping and bearing firearms is an essential right. Guns are logical. "Gun control" is, a priori, irrational.

In fact, the necessity of self defense implies that defense of others may be not a right, but a duty. It is our/my duty to protect civilization, when there is a direct threat.

This ironically means protecting those who would deny my right to defend myself. In other words: nasty, redneck gunslingers like me protect progressive folks like the Brady bunch. "Irony" is not hard enough. Tres jolie...