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There are more rights in this country under threat than our gun rights. I may, for instance, value my privacy rights and my reproductive rights more than my gun rights, and the people who support "my rights" when it comes to guns are usually the ones leading the charge against my religious rights or my bodily autonomy.
And which is the only right that allows citizens the opportunity of enforcing any of the others? I cannot believe I have to explain this to anybody.
Furthermore, I believe rights are meaningless without the means to exercise them, so I have frequently hold my nose and vote for anti-gun candidates on the basis of their economic policies.
That is simply denial of supremacy of the people. Politics would not be on the wild side and citizens wringing their hands if citizens took their duty seriously and that is to reign in politicians and keep them under control. Lets be honest citizens get the government they deserve and beg for by inaction and acceptance. Many are holding their hands out demanding largess instead of a better run country.
None of this is due to a "lack of leadership" or some kind of disdain for my own rights. I hate our political system for this, but sometimes we are forced to choose between candidates who oppose liberty in different ways.
Name one single politician that will give away 1000 votes. If leadership of thousands cannot do that they are abdicating their duty to ensure the continuation of the organisation by ensuring members are aware their rights are important and possibly the most valuable thing they will ever own.
So I ask again what is more important than your rights? The self same rights our forefathers spilt blood to get for us.
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