[Joe Boucher]

I’m not disputing this claim. I think it a reasonable idea. I just don’t remember it actually stating that I can go shoot an official for trying to deny my gun rights?

[Reflex]

Joe read the Declaration of Independence again. It's very clear as to what extremes Americans or charged with to protect our inalienable rights. We can and must oppose all tyrant's effecting our liberty, to their death or ours. History has shown that to expect anything less is to except slavery.
Remember this, the founders gave us a national government reset button with respect to the 2nd Amendment. It was not placed in the “Bill of rights” to insure our being able shoot thanksgiving turkeys.

[wastedyears]

‘Unintended Consequences’ by John Ross is a long but good read.

[PotatoHeadMick]

I didn’t say that the 2nd Amendment was specifically about defending the rights of gun ownership as oposed to any other fundamental right.

My point was that the amendment is not about hunting which is how opponents often portray it (”Ok we understand some of you dumb hicks like hunting so we will allow you reasonable hunting weapons but nothing other than that, fair enough?”).

The 2nd Amendment is a general declaration that to prevent anyone trying to take away freedom and security (it doesn’t say who that ‘anyone’ might be, it could be a foreign army, a group of bandits or even the government of the United States) then citizens must have the right to bear arms to defend their freedom and security.

The 2nd Amendment has Sweet Fanny Adams to do with hunting, it has everything to do with the defence of liberty, the right of free citizens to defend themselves from government oppression, President elect Obama seems to be unaware of this basic fact.