Armed people are citizens. Disarmed people are subjects. That distinction is critical to understanding that, in this country, the real power resides with The People, and not the political or bureaucratic elite.
Teaching gun safety and marksmanship to ALL American kids is central to imbuing that sense of God given rights and liberty within them, no matter their race or cultural status.
“Teaching gun safety and marksmanship to ALL American kids is central to imbuing that sense of God given rights and liberty within them, no matter their race or cultural status.”
Very idealistic, and very true theoretically. However at some point reality sets in and screws everything up. How bout we wait for some of the other central elements of “imbuing that sense of God given rights and liberty within them” to take effect before they are recruited into the 2nd amendment cause. Some of those PREREQUISITES I’d suggest FIRST are being raised by a responsible Mother AND Father, learning respect for themselves and others, respect for the law and authority in their lives such as their Teachers and the Police, and perhaps most important, a strong sense of personal responsibility. Perhaps THEN they would be great recruits in the 2nd Amendment battle. If recruited now, the near universal image will be “Thugs and Criminals Rapping for the 2nd Amendment”. Think that will help the cause?