Commentary

2nd Amendment Restrictionists Don’t Possess the Moral High Ground

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 21 2019

Of all the defective characteristics that define Second Amendment restrictionists, the most detestable might be their false sense of moral superiority. In their minds, those who defend the right to keep and bear arms must be selfish, bloodthirsty brutes, whereas they presume to claim the righteous high ground. But quite the contrary, their crusade is the immoral one, not to mention the intellectually groundless one. That’s because human beings possess a natural, inherent right of self-defense, whether against common criminal assault or tyrannical government. Our…

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