The argument that we must dismantle the Second Amendment in order to “save lives” is not only historically shallow, it is philosophically incoherent and legally reckless.
The right to bear arms was not written into our Constitution as a hobbyist clause. It was forged out of centuries of tyranny, colonial subjugation, and the painful lessons of disarmed populations across history. It exists not to promote violence, but to prevent the monopolization of it.
To suggest abolishing this right in the name of public safety is akin to drowning a person in hopes of sparing them from the threat of future harm. It sounds noble, until you realize it’s fatal.
True safety is not born from submission. It is born from the freedom to defend oneself, one’s family, and one’s community, especially when institutions fail, as history reminds us they often do. If we abandon that principle, we don’t move forward; we regress into the very dangers the Second Amendment was designed to guard against.
You don’t save lives by stripping away the tools that protect them. You don’t secure liberty by eroding the rights that uphold it.