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The primary purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that the populace could defend themselves against the government. If you would take a break from your blissful ignorance and read a little history about the actions of the British in the colonies, you would learn this. Is the government any more trustworthy today? I can think of 400+ kids in Texas who could have used some defense against govermental authorities who ignore the rule of law and the Constitution (don't take this example to mean I support polygamy, pedophilia, child abuse, or cults -- in this case, a cult of a cult -- but instead recognize that there is supposed to be due process of law, which in this case would have prevented over half of those kids from being kidnapped by the state of Texas). There is no such thing as a benevolent government, nor a good one. The only thing that keeps a government in check is the ability of the citizens to keep it in check.
As far as the Harrison case goes, I don't know what level of involvement he has in the shooting, but the kind of gun he owns or the number of guns he owns is irrelevant. It's not a bad thing for someone to have a gun. Keep in mind also that the percentage of gun related incidents that occur in the NFL is far lower than that of the general population.
One final note -- there are literally thousands of citizens who've had their weapons confiscated by the government over the most trivial of reasons, and there is a concerted effort by the government to severly restrict the ability of anyone to sell guns (I'm refering to the legal trade of firearms, of course). For the article to state that no one is trying to take your guns is demonstratably false.
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