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Well stated TN and I too totally believe that we have the "Right" to keep and bear arms. But to say its a God Given Right is incorrect.
The following arent my words, I found this while searching for God Given Rights, I didn't find anything on keeping or bearing arms."To identify a right as “god-given,” we need an action, a commandment, or a declaration, that clearly comes straight from god. And, such action, commandment or declaration should be so obvious and so undeniable that everyone will understand it – the dim-witted as well as the intelligent; the believer as well as the non-believer. What we need is a giant chariot, or sailing ship to appear in the sky all over the world at the same time. It will come to a halt and god will step out and stand in mid air; he will open his mouth and say, “Hear ye, hear ye, all men of all lands and all tongues (he will speak so that all men will understand), I am Zeus (Marduk, Budda, Ishstar – take your pick); I am the god(s) of the universe and I hereby declare that the following rights are granted by me to you.” He then would enumerate all such rights he wants men to have. Then he (or she) would tell you where to pay your taxes, previously called “sin offerings” – and about all the terrible things that would happen to you if you didn’t pay them.
Since these would be god-given rights; and since god is all powerful and all knowing, he would also declare that, if any of these rights are violated, the wrong-doer would be instantly, and automatically, punished. For it would make no sense for a god – who has the power to grant rights – to fail to also provide automatic remedies where a right is violated. You see, if this god granted rights, anyone who violated them would commit an offense against god as well as the life, liberty or property of a particular individual – and god would want instant and easy vindication.
I mean, who could be so blasphemous as to imagine a god who would grant rights and then fail to provide instant and automatic vindication when they are violated?
According to popular understanding god created everything, including gravity and all laws that govern it. Did you notice, if you disregard these laws of gravity, the consequences are swift and automatic. If you try to walk across a deep ravine without the aid of a bridge, you will fall to the bottom."