The purpose of the second amendment is not for people to have weapons to hunt or even protect themselves, their families and their property from criminals. The purpose of the second amendment is to protect us from the U.S. Government. That fact was even acknowledged within the last year or two by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, commonly called the Ninth Circus.
Personally, I no longer hunt. I use a Remington 870 12 gauge and a S&W model 66 .357 for home defense. I also have long weapons which will take 20 and 30 round magazine; my semi-automatic handguns have 15 round magazines.
Why, you might ask? Simply put, I believe that no one can better protect me, my family, my property and my family’s interests than me. And each possible challenge might be better remedied with a different weapon than those I use for home defense.
The second reason is quite simple. The U.S. Constitution says I have the right to own them. Enough said.
His cred drops to zero when he links the 2nd Amendment to hunting. Asking us civilians to do what police chiefs loftily ask us to do is also as arrogant and mindless as many of them are.
I too no longer hunt but I didn’t sell my guns. My only objection to hunting is that’s it’s gotten so #$&!! expensive! Love the ESPN hunting shows, though.
I always recall former (thank goodness) Sen. Bob Kerrey during the AWB debate holding up a Ruger Red label O/U and crooning “Beeeautiful gun!!!!” He then held up a semiautomatic AK and growled, “UUUgly gun!!!!”. adding that the AWB would have no effect on the freedom of owners of Beautiful Guns.
My Browning HP takes a 13 rd magazine, so I guess I’m one o’ dem `gun crazies’.
I agree with your statement if you’ll allow me to say it this way. The 2nd Amendment is our God given right which the consittuition and bill of rights spell out as an individual right. It is a personal God given right like the first, which guarantees we can speak or worship as we(indivuals) choose.
I don’t hunt. I don’t like putting bullets in animals. No problems with people, though, which is why I can reach out a hand anywhere in the house and come back with a handgun :)).