I am not made a patriot by carrying a gun, but by respecting it, both for the good it can do and the harm. That person who would use the gun to unjustly take another's life -- though that other person be stealing his watch -- is not a patriot. Gun rights include the protecting of life, but they do not include the taking of life, at least not without great cause.
Life remains sacred even in a world of guns. It is the person who realizes that who is the patriot.
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