We’re unique in one more way, that ties into this discussion and the NEED for the second amendment. Unlike most every other nation on earth, we do not share a common ethnicity. Even in places often torn by tribal or sectarian violence, there is more racial commonality than the US has.
People will tell you this doesn’t matter, but it does. Our system is designed to empower the individual above the group or “identity”... The second amendment lets that idea work.
” Our system is designed to empower the individual above the group or identity...”
Exactly!