Who can explian why New York city residents are denied the right to bear arms. The NRA and other organizations do not champion this cause. Is it a racial thing?. Is someone afraid of minority people owning guns?-- as they claim is a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. WHY IS THIS RIGHT DENIED ?

Standing up for your rights takes hard work, sacrifice & intellect. Remember Civil Rights advocate Rosa Parks? She once said the following beautiful words: "I am sitting down on this bus so that I can stand up for my rights." Sadly, however, too many average Americans are not standing up & speaking out. Can we turn America's bus around before we see a repeat of Thelma & Louise...over the cliff? Only time & history will tell. God have Mercy on us ALL.

Since the Constitution is the fundamental and most-important law in this country, why are those who intentionally act against it and those who legislate outside it not prosecuted?
Is there any "citizen's arrest" provision in law that will allow those of us who are interested in preserving the Constitution to do something ourselves, or must we continue to rely on the perpetrators to police themselves?
I really believe those in the beltway and NYC have no clue about the degree of frustration Americans feel with their government.

The 2nd Amendment is not a law, it is a codified Natural, individual, inalienable RIGHT.

Why do people ignore the first part of the second amendment: A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE...

Everybody wants the rights but not the regulations. That tips the balance just as much as the regulations without the rights.

You obviously struggle with the English language and history. The term "well regulated" in this context means that states should train their volunteer militia's to effectively use their personal weapons in an efficient and organized manner in order to be prepared to do battle against the federal government should it resort to tyranny. It has NOTHING to do with gun control laws, genius!

I understood what you meant to say and agree. It's just a power grab and not a smart one.

Correction! I meant to say the 2nd amendment was meant to protect liberties against tyranny, not "against liberties".

All 55 members of the Constitutional convention insisted on the 2nd amendment as fundamental to protecting individual liberties (the other 9) and right to keep and bear arms individually for self defense & protection against liberties. They intended the amendments and the constitution to be read according to the meanings of words when written. One such meaning is that "regulated" meant to make regular. From the writings & record of the convention, and subsequent, it is clear that the 1st part was in no way intended to limit the individual in any way, but to emphasis the necessity of the righ

The Second part says quite clearly..."The Right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Making every gun law limiting ownership unConstitutional.

Why do people ignore the second part of the 2nd Amendment?

If the portion you seem to like so well, were held as originally intended, we would disband the National Guard and every able bodied male, 16 to 60 would be assembling on the town square once a month, no exceptions no exemptions. And every male assembling on the village square would do so with their own weapon, and they would be required to keep them and ammunition in the home. There would be no "Armory".

Everyone wants to have it their own way, not the way the Constitution was written.

when are you going to vote on the hr822 bill our drivers licence is reconised in all states so should our pistol permits this still the united states of america one nation why should our permits and right to defend our lives and lives of our families and loved ones stop at the border of our home state answer it should not

Since our right to firearms is guaranteed by the second amendment in the U.S. Constitution, why is our government today so determined to take that right away from the citizens?

I believe the answer is that the govenment doesn't want the citizenry to have firearms to protect themselves from hard tyranny (which was the main purpose our forefathers had created the second amendment).

WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY THE OUTLAWS AND CRIMINALS WILL HAVE GUNS.

You're certainly right in your op-ed. But this current Administration and its cronies wants to take our rights and liberties away. They want to turn the U.S. into Europe. Which won't work, there's to many legal arms in this country and no hard-working American will willingly give up this right. But the current Admin. wants America to adopt Europeian Law, and, this isn't America. I believe in the right to bear arms. Its not the gun that kills-its the one pulling the trigger. Some don't understand this simple concept. I'll keep mine, I'll use it to protect myself and my family.