One of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, in proposed Virginia Constitution, said “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” Every man who considers America as the ‘land of the free,’ should never restrict exercising his right to bear arms to protect themselves; and centuries have followed this tradition. All the great leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King showed courage to express their ideas using their ‘Right to free speech.’ Critics tried to threaten Dr. King using their ‘Right to bear arms;’ and indirectly tried to “trump” the ‘freedom of speech.’ Being determined to achieve his “dreams”, Dr. King never let the critics suppressed his ideas because he believes, “Our lives begin to to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Providing black people with their constitutional rights mattered to Dr. King, thus he gave bold speeches because he knew that he has ‘Right to bear arms’ for self-defense. The main difference between his critics and Dr. King in using the second amendment was that he exercised it to protect his right to free speech; on the other hand, his critics were using to made him
One of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, in proposed Virginia Constitution, said “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” Every man who considers America as the ‘land of the free,’ should never restrict exercising his right to bear arms to protect themselves; and centuries have followed this tradition. All the great leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King showed courage to express their ideas using their ‘Right to free speech.’ Critics tried to threaten Dr. King using their ‘Right to bear arms;’ and indirectly tried to “trump” the ‘freedom of speech.’ Being determined to achieve his “dreams”, Dr. King never let the critics suppressed his ideas because he believes, “Our lives begin to to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Providing black people with their constitutional rights mattered to Dr. King, thus he gave bold speeches because he knew that he has ‘Right to bear arms’ for self-defense. The main difference between his critics and Dr. King in using the second amendment was that he exercised it to protect his right to free speech; on the other hand, his critics were using to made him