The Use of The Second Amendment In The American Home

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…that the most basic rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness can be preserved with force if necessary. Protecting ourselves form others with deadly force preserves our right to life. Protecting ourselves from the oppression of a government, with weapons that can threaten it, preserves our tight to liberty. The preservation of both these rights contributes directly to the pursuit of happiness because a human being cannot be happy without life and liberty.