Are the Second Amendment "rights" of Americans really being "threatened" - or is this complaint just another gimmick to get the right-wing, reactionary base "fired up" for 2012?

Oppression is in the eye of the beholder isnt it ! Interpretation again !Yours may not align with everyone elses ! Thats the way this country works , majority rules !Buck up and accept it , its tough to be in the minority because you rerely get what you want !

You pasted it but didn't read it apparently. It makes the case for reisting an oppressive govt

And I guess no one wants to ban AR 15s or they would pass it

I copied that from wiki to enlighten you !

Resistance to oppression???? Gee that doesn't play well into your argument. You didn't even read what you pasted.

And thats why you have a problem ! Its the OPINIONS that cause you trouble ! The opinion of theose in charge can change and not necessarily toward your opinion ! INTERPRETATION !!

You copied and pasted that didn't ya

You say that we need to ban them so more people don't die, then you say statistics don't matter. Now which is it

Regarless , the second amendment grants you the right to keep and bear arms , it doesnt say which arms ! The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights. The right to bear arms predates the Bill of Rights; the Second Amendment was based partially on the right to bear arms in English common-law, and was influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689. This right was described by Blackstone as an auxiliary right, supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state.

No Munster the Constitution is our law, not the leader. There is a way to alter the Constitution through the amendment process.

Munster all guns are made to kill. Again you arguments are flawed.

And thats what we put those in charge for , to make decisions !You might not agree with them but that doesnt matter either ! Next election cast your vote and hope for the outcome you want ! But be careful , you dont always get what you think you got !

What dont you understand ? Statistics dont matter ! And I dont have to read any report to know that handguns are the cause of more deaths , thats not the point !

OMG "Our lawmakers are the ones who will decide what's proper or not !"

Our lawmakers are the ones who will DICTATE what's proper or not?

Munster you have only stated your opinion. You have stated no facts. Again, have you read the Bureau of justice report on gun violence

You seem to think people cannot be trusted. Yet people in govt can be. What if instead of the citizen snapping as you say,, your leaders snap.

The militia act of 1793 clearly describes what arms are. Not a tank or anthrax or any other hyperbolic stuff you want to toss out

And no Im not deflecting , Im telling you the truth whether you want to hear it or not !

And those statistics dont matter , your talking about a weapon designed to kill humans as gruesomely as possible and they are very efficiant at it !

Now you are deflecting