The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100875   Message #2033958
Posted By: Ebbie
23-Apr-07 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Gun Ownership - are you really safe?
Subject: RE: Gun Ownership - are you really safe?
"Concerning the point about God given rights: It is the Declaration of Independence which states that we are endowed by our Creator with certain INALIENABLE rights (emphasis mine). Jefferson enumerates that among these God-given rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Inalienable means that no one, NO ONE can take these rights from you. The Declaration says that these rights are ours to secure. The idea here is that if someone, anyone is trying to deprive you of these rights you should resist by any and all means. By extrapolation certain corollaries are derived such as the right to protect your life and the right to the necessary means to protect your life, i.e. the right to keep and bare arms. Jefferson and the signers recognized these truths to be self evident, as do I and most freedom loving Americans. If you can't see this, then God help you. You belong to the biggest bully on the block. " slag

Good God. What a stretch.