How? How many criminals are members of the NRA? The 2nd Amendment was created precisely as a counter to a tyrannical government. The ACLU fights over the first

How? How many criminals are members of the NRA? The 2nd Amendment was created precisely as a counter to a tyrannical government. The ACLU fights over the first amendment, the NRA fights over the 2nd — and you can’t have one without the other. Both organizations are valuable. Free speech and free association is an illusion unless there is a means to back it up. If the UK tomorrow decided that everyone had to go to concentration camps, how exactly would that effort be opposed? One of Hilter’s earliest efforts was to disarm civilians. The Soviets also did the same thing. Now why would they do that? To stop gun violence? Of course not, it was to prevent rebellion. Imagine if the students in Tiananmen Square were heavily armed.