Wrongly Stating the Problem

That’s a common ploy of the anti-gun crowd, misstate the problem to create a “straw man,” and argue against the “straw man.” They’re doing that, here, when they say, “The Second Amendment was never intended to create the right to murder.” Funny: they worry about that here, but not in the abortion debate. The Second Amendment does NOT make murder legal, as our abortion laws do. It merely recognizes SELF-DEFENSE as legal and recognizing the carrying of the tool to that end, a gun, as legal, too. Gun registration doesn’t do a damned thing except give the government a list of the names and addresses where the guns are, to make it easier for them to confiscate them when they’re ready. Take what they say in this paper with a big grain of salt, because they are “anti-gun.” (Central Kitsap Reporter)