That's Why the Founders Considered Them Weapons of Peace

The founding generation believed that firearms should be used to guarantee the universal and inalienable liberties of the people laid out in the Constitution — whether they were in the government or not. [More]

Which explains why so many in government, like the contemptible dick Durbin, don't want you to have them. Imagine the mass predation he and his kind would be able to wreak unopposed if we didn't possess the means to deter that and make the costs of trying personal.

[Via Michael G]