The Second Amendment to the constitution of these United States says "
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a freeState, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
What does this mean?
It means that any person, white, black, Chinese, German, man or woman, gay or straight, married or single, has the right to protect themselves by owning and carrying firearms.
People fear guns, why? When is the last time you have seen an inanimate object jump off of a table and kill someone? Cars kill more people in the United States in a year than firearms will in five years, yet not one person fears a non moving car. Most people for that matter do not fear a moving car being operated safely by a licensed driver. However many people do have an issue with a licensed permitted individual carrying a firearm on their side or under their arm. Let me tell you a little bit about firearms that you may not know. The vast majority of all firearms manufactured, sold, and traded today are completely safe even when dropped or struck by a blunt object. All firearms made today have some kind of safety device on them, whether it be a internal safety such as a action block, or an external safety that can be manipulated by ones thumb or finger. Now a days, many weapons even have safety devices built into the triggers. Another common fear people have is the fear that someone with a gun openly carried in a holster could be dangerous. How? 99.999999% of criminals that carry illegal guns hide them in such a manner as to not be detected by LEO's (law enforcement officers). Also most bad guys will not wear a holster. I have been carrying a weapon for over a year now, and not once has my gun fired itself. It has not killed anyone or anything. So if guns kill people, mine must be defective. The argument can be made that guns are bad. Well, that is not the case, again a object cannot in and of itself be bad or good. The people using these guns illegally are bad.
Many times people ask me, well permit or no permit, how do I know you are not a felon or a criminal. In every state, it is illegal for a felon or someone with a violent criminal record to even touch a firearm. Guns are a tool, that is all. Why ban guns from being sold to legal citizens of the United States? The only people who will have guns then, will be criminals who disregard the law anyway.
