The Threat of the Second Amendment
Here's the threat, which most people (especially Liberals/Democrats but also many independents, moderates, many Republicans and even some conservatives) don't recognize or refuse to believe. There's reason the Founding Fathers were guided to put the right to keep and bear arms as the Second Amendment, right after the First Amendment that protects the right of free speech and religion. The reason is we must ensure the protection of all of our rights, especially the right/liberty of free speech and the freedom of religion. We cannot trust others, especially those in any position of power or authority (particularly if they are "career" politicians) to protect our rights, our liberties. The vast majority of career politicians--those who have been in "public service" where they have positions of power, control, and/or authority--are there because they crave, desire, and lust for that power, the influence, the control, the authority that comes with the posit...