As for you’re fire extinguisher, congrats! Where’s your cobra venom antidote? How about your emergency stash of exlax? Are you prepared in case of an antrax attack? Did you stock up on duct-tape like a good paranoid consumer? What do you keep on your person to save you should a piano fall out a window above you as you happen to be walking down the street?

Carrying a gun to “defend yoruself” (as opposed to any of the other things you could defend yourself with) is a really silly argument unless you protect yourself against emergencies FAR more likely then being mugged or whatever.

As for me, I admit that I just like guns, and I don’t use non-sequitur justifications for carrying them around just because I can. I’m not worried about being mugged. I’m also not worried about small pox.

There is tons and tons of evidence, papers, newspaper articles and books written by the people who wrote and ratified the Constitution concerning the 2nd Amendment. It’s quite clear why they put it in there. You can believe whatever you want, but it wasn’t put into place for our proud tradition of hunting. And arms includes steak knives, swords, polearms, spears, clubs, rocks, any tool used to defend one’s life or property. Sure, I can’t ask George Washington why, but I can read the things they wrote at the time (including the Constitution).

In short, he IS paranoid, grasping at straws, and is a serious hypocrite. Until he carries his fire-extinguisher with him every time he goes out in public, 90% of his reasoning falls apart completely.

It’s also important to accept that no single document is the final-word in moral authority.

- The funding of HR2 with what I feel are unsustainable taxes (i.e. Tabacco)
- The taxing on Wall Street traders as a means of “cleaning up Wall Street”
- Responses back to constituents

I did look up his stances on various issues with the site I linked and you are correct that the first place I checked was his stance on firearms. Depending how far out there he was that would have killed it for me as a candidate. He is moderate in most other areas. Check the link out.

I also just thought the P&T link was funny. Nobody wants armed rebellion. I have to ask this question, if we cannot hypothesize as to why it was put into the constitution because that is “arrogant”, how can you say?

This just in, millions of people who hunt for food nation-wide would like to have a discussion with you about why the 2nd amendment is in the constitution.

This also just in, millions of martial artists, archery enthusiasts, and people who own steak knives would like to have a discussion with you about what constitutes “arms”.

If nobody can theorize about why it was there, how can we make an opinion about anything?

Found a good link that brings up several points you’ve brought up to me. Good read.

Seeking to overthrow the government is treason. You don’t get to play the “patriotism” card, the “real american” card, or the “support the troops” card (since you’d be shooting at them) if you are sympathetic to the concept of armed rebellion.

This just in, millions of people who hunt for food nation-wide would like to have a discussion with you about why the 2nd amendment is in the constitution.

This also just in, millions of martial artists, archery enthusiasts, and people who own steak knives would like to have a discussion with you about what constitutes “arms”.

I find it slightly disapointing that the only issue you felt the need to discuss your feelings of Mr Hodes on was guns. What’s your take on his stance on other issues?