Anti-Gun = Anti-Self-Defense

Observing the actions of 2nd Amendment opponents has convinced me that they fundamentally oppose the right to self defense... for us peasants, anyway. Supposedly anti-gun politicians and celebrities routinely surround themselves with well armed, professional security teams, and even avail themselves of concealed weapons permits. They deny the rest of us the right to own the most effective self defense tools (guns) because they deny our right to defend ourselves.

Most of the evidence for the above paragraph emanates from Europe, where, for example, a Danish girl was prosecuted for using pepper spray to defend herself from an attempted rapist. Every once in a while, however, "liberals" in the US provide us with obvious examples of their anti-self-defense stance.

Mr. Diallo in red shirt

Police initially charged Mamadou Diallo, 61 years old, with manslaughter after he repeatedly struck Earl Nash with a tire iron in the elevator bank of a Bronx apartment building Monday night...

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Mr. Nash, who has a long criminal history, has been in and out of state prison since 2006 and was most recently released in July 2015...

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Nash

The wife told police that when she answered the door, Mr. Nash forced his way in, took off his pants, tried to tear off her clothes and attempted to rape her, the official said.

The [female] cousin heard the commotion and tried to fight off Mr. Nash, the official said.

While the cousin and Mr. Nash struggled, the wife used a cellphone to call her husband, who was outside, the official said.

As Mr. Diallo arrived in one elevator, Mr. Nash tried to flee in another, the official said. The wife pointed to Mr. Nash as her assailant and the men clashed in the elevator bank in a one- to two-minute fight that was caught on surveillance video, officials said.

This story reminded me of an earlier one from much more gun-friendly Texas, where a father beat to death a man who attempted to rape his 5-year-old daughter. The father wasn't even arrested, much less charged with a crime.

The father was never arrested, but the killing was investigated as a homicide. 

Philip Hilder, a Houston criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, said he would have been surprised if the grand jury had decided to indict the father. Hilder said Texas law provides several justifications for the use of deadly force, including if someone commits a sexual assault. 

"The grand jury was not about to indict this father for protecting his daughter," he said.

The anti-2nd-Amendment Brady Campaign gave New York State an A- for its strict gun laws. Why only an A-? Presumably because 100% confiscation alone would satisfy the Brady Campaign.

By contrast, gun-crazy Texas received an F. Unfortunately, an F is the lowest grade the Brady Campaign awards, because Texas has since then legalized open carry, and freedom-minded folk take pride in low Brady scores. It's kind of like golf. Just ask the people of Wyoming. It won't take long. There aren't that many.

Here's the score that actually matters.

1. In anti-gun New York, a man will be prosecuted for beating to death his wife's attempted rapist.
2. In gun-friendly Texas, a man wasn't even arrested for beating to death his 5-year-old daughter's attempted rapist. 

Why? Because anti-gun actually means anti-self-defense. Hopefully, sanity will win the day, but it's Mr. Diallo's misfortune that he lives in an anti-gun, anti-self-defense, "liberal" state. 

Why do we conservatives support the 2nd Amendment? Because we believe humans have the right to live. In fact, the right to live is the foundation of all other rights, because one can only exercise ones other rights if one is alive. If a human has the right to live, then it stands to reason that he/she also has the right to defend his/her right to live. If a human has the right to defend his/her right to live, then it stands to reason that he/she also has the right to "keep and bear (carry)" the most effective tools with which to defend his/her right to live - guns.

One can't oppose a human's right to "keep and bear (carry)" the most effective self defense tools available and logically, simultaneously claim to support that human's right to defend his/her right to live.

Which is why "liberals" don't.