[suijurisfreeman]

The right of self-defense is probably the most fundamental right of a free Human Being. If you do not have the means to defend yourself, you many very well lose all other rights - like the right to life! Remember I claim absolutley no protection from the State, I assume the responsibility of defending myself. When I'm on my property in Kentucky, the first thing I do after putting my pants on is strap on a pistol - we have lots of rattlesnakes and copperheads in southcentral Kentucky, as well as some of those nasty, greedy people mentioned in another thread. When I ride my mountain bike 9 miles (one-way) to check my mail, I carry a pistol/shotgun or pistol/"assult rifle" with me as a means to protect myself. The last time one of my neighbors called the Sheriff's Department it took over 2 hours for them to arrive, obviously a person might not survive that long without a means to protect themselves. To me, a "gun" is just another tool that I use on a regular basis on my homestead, nothing more!