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> "Natural Rights" You know. Like you have a natural right to breathe. No document or
> government entity gives you permission to breathe. Just like nothing gives you
> permission to self defense. That's just a natural (God given) right. You don't need
> "permission".

How do you decide which rights are "natural" and/or "God-given"? Just because it's easy, or it makes sense to you? What about opportunistic theft? That's easy and comes naturally to a lot of people, so how is it not a "natural right"? All "rights" come from ethics/philosophy/religion - they're a very human concept.

But that aside, if you feel you need a gun for self-defence, you live in a violent, fucked-up society. Most of us don't want to live in a place where carrying a gun day-to-day is something that has to enter one's mind. I've got friends who moved from South Africa to Australia for that very reason - they want to live in a society where the thought of needing a gun doesn't even enter your mind. Yet you seem strangely insistent on maintaining a situation where you need a gun to protect yourself from all the bad guys with guns.