I would also remind the Second Amendment advocates the
founding fathers wrote more than just the Second Amendment. If you look at the Declaration of Independence, written by
the founding fathers, it contains the following words:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
There are then, many rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens by
the founding fathers, including the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.” I would remind the Second Amendment advocates the Declaration of Independence predates the
Constitution. The right to life was
first and foremost on their minds; the right to bear arms came later.
Even in the Amendments to the Constitution, the first deals with freedom of speech. It would appear the founding fathers put the
right to life and free speech ahead of the right to own guns and the right to
bear arms was meant to defend life and personal safety, not to be used by
neighborhood vigilantes to take lives.
It deeply bothers me that the Second Amendment advocates
never mention the rights of those killed or wounded in our nation’s schools,
shopping malls, theaters, or just going about their daily routine. (To be
continued)
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