It is the ultimate Liberty.Montegriffo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:07 pmhttps://www.businessinsider.com/2nd-ame ... d-states-3The second amendment states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Those words were adopted in 1791 and have since inspired other countries around the world to provide their citizens with the right to own guns. Only 15 constitutions (in nine countries) "ever included an explicit right to bear arms," according to The New York Times.
They are Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Liberia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the US. All of those countries, excluding Mexico, the US, and Guatemala, have since rescinded the constitutional right to bear arms.
A government sharing the use of force with average persons.
It is also a great responsibility. If not cherished and maintained will be quickly taken from you.
As you point out above. The United States of America stands out amongst all other countries. Many have tried to emulate us. Some suceed for a while, but ultimately fail.
We cherish the right to keep and bear arms so greatly, we have more than one firearm per person in our country. No other country is even close. The numbers bear out quite well that the presence of guns does not make a culture more dangerous for its citizens, there are many factors.
Civilian ownership of firearms by Nation, number of firearms per person
Top 5
U S A = 1.2
Falklands = 0.6
Yemen = 0.5
New Caledonia = 0.4
Montenegro = 0.4
The UK is near the bottom of the list 0.05
I'll have to do the numbers sometime, but it's pretty clear to see that if you factored in the number of firearms into the number of firearms deaths, the US would likely have a very low rate. Ergo, the availibility of the tool is not the greatest factor in violent crime.
It doesn't surprise me that the United Kingdom has such a dim view of private ownership of firearms. Afterall, they lost the greatest gem in the world because of private gun ownership 240 years ago. They'd be stupid to make that mistake again. However, when the crown needed saving a mere 80 years ago your government allowed civilians to take up arms 'in every country, in every town and every village'. Both the US government and US civilians came to your aid. My own grandfather sent to England a 30-30 Winchester Rifle, a pistol and ammunition for your home defense. Once the threat to the Crown was gone, those weapons were rounded up an destroyed by your government. Makes me wonder why we sent them. Because it wasn't about protecting the British people who had no respect for Liberty, it was about protecting the British Crown.
People who do not cherish will lose it.
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Ownership numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_ownership I would also state that these estimates IMO are at least 50% short of actual numbers for the US. I would estimate US civilian gun ownership at 1.4 to 1.8 per person.
The Send a Gun to Defend a British Home! Program in 1940 put US government and Civilian firearms into the hands of British Commoners. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/vintag ... tish-home/
