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In reply to the discussion: Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety [View all]Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)is an essential freedom.
The 2nd amendment does not rise to the same bar.
It is absolutely possible to live an entire life without a weapon and thus the weapon is not essential.
It is not absolutely possible to live an entire life without interacting with other members of humanity: thus freedom to live in society is essential.
And if you want to talk about temporary safety...is there any safety more temporary than a weapon.
There is someone who can disarm you.
There is someone with a bigger or more weapons than you.
There are other weapons which make your weapon equivalent to a happy meal toy in effect.
Guns are the temporary safety.
And the behavior of gun nuts requiring more and more weapons prove that they only give a sense of temporary safety.