The Latest Anti-Firearm Argument Left My Head Spinning

By John Falkenberg

I have heard — I think — all of the major arguments out there to enact gun control. I’d be willing to wager that I’ve heard most of the uncommon ones, too.

But last week, I was slapped with one by a dear friend that left my head spinning.

My friend, who I won’t name, finally came around to talking firearms with me after a couple of years of friendship. I wish they hadn’t, because the anti-gun argument made was so strange I couldn’t respond at the time; I was completely speechless.

Keep in mind, this is a paraphrase:

“I understand that the Constitution guarantees your rights to guns, and I respect that. However, you have to keep in mind that I am uncomfortable around guns, which is an expression of free speech and thought, protected under the First Amendment, which trumps your right to firearms under the Second Amendment. That’s why the Second Amendment comes after the first.”

That’s why the Second Amendment comes after the First. That part isn’t paraphrase; that’s exactly what this person said.

It’s baffling.

Freedom of speech, press, and assembly does not mean freedom to impose feelings on others so you’re less anxious.

This person is a good friend of mine, …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation