An ardent Muslim can convert and become Atheist, because he no longer personally follows what that set of beliefs teaches, but that does not eliminate the religious freedom of others who follow the one true God and wish to continue doing so. Similarly, someone who believes in our God-given individual right to self-defense can decide he no longer values his life enough to defend it, without affecting the rights of free Americans. Neither individual conversion eliminates the individual legal and natural rights of others.
"Is the right to own a weapon more important than someone's life?" Pappalardo asks in the powerful video.
The false choice presented here is classic liberalism. The choice is not between the lives of those who wish to defend their families and their freedom with a weapon and the lives of those endangered by thugs, criminals, and crazy people. The only choice we have the power to make is whether decent people will be able to defend ourselves with weapons when armed enemies of life and of freedom attack. Disarming those who are willing to break the law is not a choice that we can make, nor would it be the right choice even if it were an option.
In the honor of that dumb@$$3d statement, I re-activate a long-running tagline: