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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
responsible gun ownership is the Cornerstone of American Liberty.  |
I'd say GR is right on the money with this one. Some of you have valid points concerning "cornerstone-ness
", but consider this;
The cornerstone of any nation is violence, and the threat of violence. If you break a law, you go to jail. No violence there, necessarily. But if you resist the authority of the state to put you in jail, you get violence. Sometimes lethal violence.
If a state attacks another state, violence does the talking.
The U.S. was conceived from tyranny. Or percieved tyranny, if you're loyalist.
The Bill of Rights is a list of protections of freedoms. Limitation on government.
However, if the government attempts to violate those freedoms, the people have the threat of armed violence with which to respond.
That it is why it is
the cornerstone. No matter what the state tries to do, the people have the power to bring it down. It is the single greatest freedom gauranteed by the Bill of Rights. No other right protects the people from tyranny as much as that one, and as long as it is "not infringed" upon, the other rights can be defended.