Is The Second Amendment Worth Dying For?

The Federalist ^ | February 19, 2018 | John Daniel Davidson

[Sopater]

Some of the sacrifices and vulnerabilities that we, as a nation, may have to endure in order to remain free may seem atrocious and unbearable... Until we honestly and thoroughly consider the inevitable consequences associated with all other alternatives.

[dp0622]

Marriage?

[Vermont Lt]

Is Freedom of speech worth dying for? Is your God worth dying for? How about the right to a trial, and the need for duly sworn warrants?

How about Federalized driving licenses?

When it comes to “fighting” for something, its not about the 2nd amendment. The government does not give us a “right.” That is where all of these people are wrong.

[exnavy]

I will defend the constitution to the death of all who desire to destroy it. P.S. or nation is not a democracy, please stop calling it that.

[Sopater]

Marriage?

Are you proposing? Sorry, but I'm spoken for. ;-)

[ridesthemiles]

Where is the outrage for all the deaths in Chicago? Detroit? NYC?

A gun did not cause this massacre. Nor the one at Sandy Hook.

A mental unbalanced person caused the massacres.

Muslims have driven autos & trucks into crowds in Europe, killing many.

I have NOT heard one single peep about the vehicles causing the deaths.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Governments, primarily "redistributionist" governments, murdered 262,000,000 of their own citizens in the 20th century alone, and citizen disarmament was a necessary prerequisite to all those democides.

https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM

[silverleaf]

Which Amendments have Americans not died for?

[ridesthemiles]

I suspect we will find out soon enough when CW 2 starts.

[Wpin]

I believe we will have to make that choice in our lifetime. It’s not just are we willing to die, but the other aspect...much tougher for me is are we willing to kill For freedom?

I just don’t know the answer to that personally...

[jjotto]

meh...

‘Reasonable precautions’ without sacrificing the civil liberties of any American would include keeping foreigners who adhere to a supremacist anti-Western world view out of our country. Then we’ll discuss sacrifices.

[circlecity]

"Why now can we not have a serious national conversation about sacrifice, the inevitability of sacrifice—either of (a) some portion of safety or (b) some portion of the rights and protections that make the American idea so incalculably precious?”

Benjamin Franklin already responded to this false premise two hundred years ago - "He who would trade freedom for safety will soon have neither."

[Romans Nine]

Only read the title;

Yes

[Bryanw92]

I believe that life is dangerous. You can live a safe life by hiding, avoiding any dangerous activity, and bubble-wrapping yourself.

I was against the Patriot Act. I’m against FISA. I’m against the various ways that the government monitors us. My employer is industrial and believes that we can have zero accidents. I don’t believe that.

If people understand that life is dangerous, they act carefully on their own—or they choose not to at their own peril. The Second Amendment is an acknowledgement that life is dangerous, that people are sinners, and that your safety is your responsibility.

[tired&retired]

Is Our Freedom worth fighting for? Absolutely

[Gay State Conservative]

My basic attitude toward the 2nd Amendment has,as its most important and fundamental point,the fact that I want government officials...elected,appointed and “civil service”...to understand that I will not allow anything remotely resembling “tyranny” to exist in this country and that if I ever find such tyranny to exist I have both the determination *and* the tools to resist that tyranny....by any means necessary.

[Sopater]

When it comes to “fighting” for something, its not about the 2nd amendment. The government does not give us a “right.” That is where all of these people are wrong.

I agree with everything you said. We have the right to defend ourselves and our families whether the 2A exists or not. However, I think that the point of the article is that so many people look at tragedies such as 9/11, Newtown, Parkland, etc.; and start thinking that we need to stop defending our right to keep and bear arms (i.e. the 2A) in order to be "safe", which is an enormous misrepresentation of the facts.

[NorthMountain]

The disarmists need to decide whether or not “gun-control” is worth dying for ...

[lgjhn23]

Is it worth dying for?
Try repealing it and watch what happens...

[dirtboy]

A large factor in the homicide declines of the last 20 years was proactive policing, including stop-and-frisk - which was a direct affront to the Constitution. Freedom means you don’t catch all the crooks and perps prior to the fact. BLM apparently is OK with the increased homicide rate as many police departments are backing away from proactive policing.