fossil, just because I don't have it written into my constitution to have the right to bear arms does not mean I do not understand the need to protect myself or my family! I am not questioning your right to bear arms, I am questioning what that right has led to. Does it really change the odds into your favour? Doesn't it just encourage a criminal to carry a gun themselves to even the odds back up? The reason the right to bear arms was written into the constitution was not for protection from crime, but to be used to overthrow the government if they stepped out of line!