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Two stories highlight why the Second Amendment matters so much
American Thinker ^ | 27 Sep, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 09/27/2021 4:11:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

One comes from America and one comes from overseas but both emphasize why a free, moral citizenry must protect their Second Amendment rights.

Today’s news forcibly reminded me why our Second Amendment matters so much. The abstract principles behind it make eminent sense but two news stories really bring home how wise our Founders were to include the people’s right to bear arms in our Bill of Rights.

Although few people remember this fact, the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775 occurred because British troops were heading to Boston to seize arms and powder that the colonists had been gathering. That battle sparked an eight-year-long revolution against a tyrannical government that held that colonists were money-making machines for the British homeland while denying them their rights.

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The first is that, per a CDC study published under the Obama administration, having a gun is the safest self-defense strategy. Even more significantly, defensive use of guns occurred between 500,000 to 3 million times per year, far outweighing the annual 30,000-40,000 gun deaths in America (most of which are suicides).

The second fact is that, while criminals are bad, there is no killer more efficient than a government turning on its unarmed citizens.

-In 1915, Turkey killed 1.5 million unarmed Armenians.

-From the 1920s to the 1930s, the Soviet government killed approximately 7 million unarmed Kulaks.

-From the 1960s to the 1970s, communist China killed between 23 million to 50 million unarmed Chinese.

-From 1933-1945, the Nazis killed 6 million unarmed Jews, along with 220,000 homosexuals, 250,000 gypsies, and up to 10 million Slavic people.

-From 1975-1979, Pol Pot’s communists killed one-quarter of Cambodia’s citizens.

-From 1954 to the present, the North Korean government has killed an estimated 1.3 million North Koreans.

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1 posted on 09/27/2021 4:11:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Surely our leftist rulers would treat their sheep with more kindness.


2 posted on 09/27/2021 4:11:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Surely, lol. Once they get us on a “vaccine” subscription model, a “Whoopsie! Bad batch!” here and there could accomplish what Mao & Co. did with a lot less effort.


3 posted on 09/27/2021 4:22:31 AM PDT by avenir
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To: avenir

How many unvaccinated gun owners are in this country? 100 Million?


4 posted on 09/27/2021 5:51:47 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: MtnClimber

In today’s world all those young folks that think Socialism or Communism is better than Capitalism ought to look at what happened in Venezuela. The working folks went from prosperity to eating out of the elites’ garbage cans.


5 posted on 09/27/2021 6:09:01 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: MtnClimber

See and heed my tagline.


6 posted on 09/27/2021 4:42:42 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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