[Lancey Howard]

So, a criminal who uses a gun to commit a crime forever loses his God-given right not to be killed?

No. He loses his right to possess a gun.

[dsc]

“No. He loses his right to possess a gun.”

Same thing. As they used to say in the 19th century, “God made man, but Sam Colt made them equal.”

No gun, no self-defense. One’s right not to be killed is nullified.