Author and Essayist Columnist John Longenecker talks about the Second Amendment being much more than a right, it is a matter of authority. The armed citizen has all legal authority to act in facing grave danger alone, such that, for many who refuse to own a gun and who are against private ownership, it seems that many citizens are tragically misinformed as to the purpose of the armed citizen.
In What it is about guns isn't even about guns, Longenecker writes: "With awareness of your authority, then, the freedom to exercise the right to carry a gun anywhere and at all times is a prime indicator of the overall health of our nation by what sort of anti-violence programs conflict with that authority to act."
Crime then grows, predictably, and becomes a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating political evergreen.
Longenecker asserts that, as an indicator of our overall political health, the vexing of American gun rights reliably indicated the coming scandals, expenses and overall defiance of the electorate.
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John Longenecker is author of Safe Streets In The Nationwide Concealed Carry Of Handguns.
