Folks...
...let's provide some context to this.
We know that sane people demand the right, if all else fails, to defend themselves. We know morons think that that right is...wrong.
We know that crime is already illegal and the logic behind banning guns flies in the face of reason and, frankly, safety, the professed goal of disarming the law abiding.
Now, let's say you raped someone. Let's say you got busted and confessed and that was that. Now, let's say that people very interested in the rights of the guilty get you off the hook on a technical matter that also flies in the face of reason. Are you a fictional character? No. You're name is Ernesto and this is your story;
In 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested for kidnapping and rape, which he confessed to with no warning of his constitutional right to silence, or his right to have an attorney present. At trial, prosecutors offered only his confession as evidence and he was convicted. The Supreme Court ruled (Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)) that Miranda was intimidated by the interrogation and that he did not understand his right not to incriminate himself or his right to counsel. On this basis, they overturned his conviction. Miranda was later convicted in a new trial, with witnesses testifying against him and other evidence presented. He served 11 years.
After his release, Miranda spent most of his time in poorly kept bars and cheap hotels in the bad section of Phoenix. On January 31, 1976, Miranda, then working as a delivery driver, participated in a card game at the La Amapola Bar. A violent fight broke out, and Miranda received a mortal knife wound; he was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 34 years old. A suspect was arrested and read the Miranda warning. He then declined to give a statement. The suspect was released and supposedly fled to Mexico. The Miranda murder case was closed without apprehending the murderer
Now, that kind of legal insanity is behind the desire to have a weapon in the first place; Society is working AGAINST our safety.
Maybe we'd all feel a bit different if the law worked in favor of public safety. We'd certainly have less of an argument to make.
