Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun rights activists say they won’t comply with California’s new laws [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,579 posts)...between anarchy and a way to help some of us to serve a few that can't help ourselves at least not at the moment. The idea of the pursuit of happiness by an individual does not always equate to the pursuit of happiness by a large group made of an institution such as a government needs to take hold. It is the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of the individual that must be held in highest regard.
There is no shortage of examples of government gone awry. JFK noted for us that balancing a civilian economy with an institutional military is one of the reasons the 2A will always remain important. Institutions, once they operate by the will of professionals, always at least in part will come to serve not only those few that need help but also themselves. Those professionals might be generals or congress critters or board members at Haliburton.