The Right To Protect Your Own Life Is An Unalienable Right

But buying a gun and then using it to attack the capitol building is not the same as buying a gun to use in self defense. Maybe I am getting the wrong message here but I think of second amendment abuse when I hear “the right to protect your own life is an unalienable right”.

Guns are not an unalienable right. Guns are a product sold in stores. The right to protect your own life is an unalienable right.

"Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

According to the second ammendment, US citizens have a right to arm and defend themselves. This does not consist of using the US constitution as an excuse to play the "better than thou" card. Need I remind you that the very same sentence as the one I quoted above says, verbatim, "All men are created equal?" You have a right to defend yourself. You have a right to speak freely. These rights are unaliable. This fact, however, does not give you permission to believe that you are better than me because I choose not to agree. As ILikeDoors has already stated, buying a weapon to attack the capitol is different from buying a weapon to defend yourself. There's a reason why mulitary-grade weapons are not given to civilians: because if they were, America would go up in smoke, and everyone would be at each others' throats whole constantly living in fear of their neighbor.

Guns are not an unalienable right. Guns are a product sold in stores. The right to protect your own life is an unalienable right. Weapons are not an unalienable right.

Guns are just a product that the constitutions says you can own.

Which is what I said. Guns are a privilege, not a right. You got dumbasses running around who say that not being able to have guns that could kill lots of people of something goes wrong is a violation of their rights. That's what I'm saying.

They say that because they confuse a constitutional right with an unalienable right.

I'm not arguing. Just pointing out the differences between an unalienable right and a constitutional right.

In that case, would you say abortion is a violation of those unaliable rights?

I can't answer that. Only a pregnant woman can answer that.

Circumstances are what make you feel like your life is in danger or being threatened. I could only answer from my experiences. My pregnancies were all wanted but I used birth control. Some would say birth control is a form of unalienable right since giving birth can be deadly and we both know some people think preventing conception is murder too. It's all perspective and EVERY pregnancy is different.

I can not answer that question and neither can you unless you've been in, or are in, those shoes.

Yes, it in fact is. I callback to the part of the Declaration of Independence I quoted: "Among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Killing a child before they're born is definitely a violation of the "life" part. My final comment on abortion (if I talk about it for much longer I'm gonna say something I'll regret): If you don't want a child, then practice safe s*x. Better yet, just don't have s*x period unless you intend to give birth to a child.

Actually, I have one more thing to say before I go ape mode: Would you consider child murder a serious crime?

If you want my true opinion...I'm one of those people that would never have had an abortion because I do believe life, or the possibility of life, begins at conception BUT I believe every woman has a right to make that decision herself because I am not in her shoes, even more. I am not seeing life from her perspective. I have, and will always, support each individual decision of the women I know just like I always have. Yes, I've driven friends to clinics and held their hands, encouraged them, after they made their decision, to know they did the right thing ... for them. Whether I agree or what I believe shouldn't be what's on their mind. If they're considering it ... they know something I don't and it's none of my business. I also believe nothing can happen that our Creator doesn't want to happen...whether we can comprehend it or not.

I know how you feel and I respect that. Just like I respect those that disagree. I can only live my life. I only make decisions for my life and butt out of everyone else's unless they need my love and support. I give both of those unconditionally and freely.

I agree fully. But I just feel wrong, knowing every day, a baby will never see the light of day because someone forgot to pull out, or didn't practice safe sex. I lay awake at night, wondering what happens to those babies when they die. I lay awake wondering if they went to heaven... and I lay awake worrying if those women will go to hell or not. I go through my days holding up a fragile wall fo confidence and bravery, and every day that wall is eroded until it finally breaks, which in turn breaks me. I feel helpless... knowing that every day, millions of unborn children are murdered. What's worse? I know I can't stop it. Modern culture won't let me speak up for me beliefs or stand up for my friends. What power do I jave to stop this madness? I know I can't force my perspective on anyone. I respect others' opinions. Hell, I respect you, even though we've been arguing this whole time. But when people stare me in the eye and say I should murder my child because my wife doesn't want it... I can't abide by it. When you spend your whole life trying to play off the pain you feel, you start to lose sense of anything but that pain, so when others are in pain, I try to help them. That's why I'm so zealous on this - because I just can't stand the thought of children being deprived of their one and only chance at life. I just can't.

Forgive me but... it sounds like you don't trust God. If you trust, have faith, in God you'd know that it's not YOUR job to judge. Worry is faith in bad things. Acceptance and forgiveness is faith that God has the bigger picture in mind.

Do you lay awake at night worrying about all the people murdered everyday by guns? Do you fight for the right to own a gun just in case you don't trust God to protect you and feel a need to kill someone?

It's ALL perspective.

I appreciate this conversation very much. It's been very enjoyable. Most people these days just attack. You've given me faith that we can at least talk about the things we disagree about. That's a wonderful thing. I hope you have a wonderful summer. ✌️

God made me the way that I am for a reason. Some days, I wish I wasn't born a timid, anxious, weak, idiotic crybaby who has to fight tooth and nail for the things I enjoy and the people I love. Others, I wish I wasn't born at all. I'm not gonna lie here - I've blamed God for plenty of things in my life. I've blamed my parents, too. But more than anything - I blame myself for all my failures, all my mistakes. I live in constant fear of abandonment, of failure, of being alone.

I'm also scared of death, not because of the concept - but because I don't wanna go to hell. At the same time, I'm too scared to do anything that might get me out of hell. Everyone talks about how good heaven is... but it only makes me worry more about how bad hell is. Mix that with being beaten down, insulted, harassed, slandered, threatened... and you end up with me.

I made my point about abortion because... I just don't understand how something so evil has become so common. So acceptable.

I'm not saying this to make you feel bad for me. I'm saying this because I need to say it. I need to get it out, or it'll torture me. I'm saying this because it's all true. Do with it as you will.

It's a shame that I have to be stuck with myself. I spend a lot of time on my own because no one really want to hang out with me... and I don't want to hang out with me, either. Goodbye... and sorry.

I'll leave you alone after this one.

I do believe in God. I trust God. I understand that everything happens according to His plan. However... just because I'm saved and baptized doesn't mean I'll never doubt again. Life is a composition of trials God gives us to test our faith, with some good times sprinkled in that most people take for granted. This being the case, I have trouble holding onto that faith when things get really tough. In the face of woke society, where the worst crimes you could possibly commit like mutilation, child murder, and secual slavery have been normalized and are even socially acceptable depending on where you are, I'm stuck wondering why the world went so wrong so fast. When did having an opinion become a crime? When did greeting someone become taboo?

My third biggest gripe is complaints, specifically about how the way things are in America. Look around you. In most states, LGBTQ+ people, furries, therians, pr whatever else there is have all the rights they've ever hoped for, and then you have Trans people on TikTok complaining about being misgendered - literally driven to tears because someone who didn't even know these people existed prior to meeting them messed up their nonexistent pronouns. Meanwhile, there are children without parents, families who are starving, entire nations who are restricted by what the government says and who are not allowed to think for themselves, and their biggest concern is that I don't know the distinction between the 586 quadrillion new "genders" that have sprung up recently.

In my mind, and the minds of many others, America's strongest link is the mixture of different cultures, beliefs, and peoples from all over the world. The "melting pot" was literally the selling point of people immigrating to America for a few years. You don't get to pick and choose what parts you like because you don't want to live near people who look, act, or sound different from you. You don't get to strip these unaliable rights you're talking about from people because they refuse to listen to what you say. If you don't like how we run things in America, then stop milking welfare and leave so people who actually *need* the Government's money can buy what they need to survive, or elsewise do something about it instead of complaining about it on the internet. (End of this in the other reply)

Try watching this. You need to shift your thinking to positive thinking. If I were you I'd just keep watching videos until one speaks to you... and look at it like the universe is sending them to you. A gift... to wake you up to the fact that you are perfect!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oN29pQD7Qac

I'm not sure if this will help because ... it's different. Lots of people feel bad about trying new thoughts or processes but I found Abraham-Hicks videos on YouTube. It's not for everyone and I argued with her for a while because I don't believe it all but ... somehow I found the same thing she's saying in the bible. So you do get the same message from the bible but for some reason I needed to hear it from her so god sent me to her videos.

Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and it shall be given. It's all energy work. Fill your heart to overflowing with love for your creator and be ever so thankful for the life you've been given... even when you feel no love and aren't really thankful.

You'll be overtaken with all the positive things that start happening. Even my husband noticed all the positive people that were showing up and all the negative people fell away. You'll be tested! It won't go smoothly. You'll get mad or sad and you'll want to give up and go negative again. DINT! No matter what keep chanting "thank you" in your mind! When it starts happening it's a little unnerving and you might get upset that it was always that easy but I was so dense I refused to see it.

Look for the good. Ignore the bad. Seriously! Ignore it. Trust and believe that this is ALL God's creation and he's got this and you will. see. miracles. And you'll find joy again. Oh I hope you try it. If those videos don't speak to you find someone that does. Get back you love of God and trust him. Have complete faith. You are just here to be thankful and make wishes. Know God's got your back. Know God is with you holding your hand waiting for you to ask for what you want. He gives you exactly what you ask for. If you're heart is broken and you emit broken energy you'll get back broken energy. If you emit love, confidence and appreciation... you'll get back love, confidence and appreciation. Stay with it even threw the tests!! It's easier to give up than to fight but FIGHT!!! You've got this!

I'll tell you what I've learned about you. You are intelligent.
You have a great lexicon and are very articulate. You have a big heart and are very kind. You care so much. Your love is huge. It's so big you want to heal the world. Your life is different than others. You feel different. You want to fit in with people but you feel drained and exhausted when you're around them too long, right? You were chosen to shine not fit in.❤️

You sound just like I did most of my life. Literally. Couldn't stand myself. Bad parents. Really, really bad parents. Bullying. Bad marriages. I cursed God the night my second son died. I even threw the chairs in the hospital's sanctuary. Went back upstairs and they had revived him. My son is deaf, dyslexic and learning disabled. He's a good man. But he beats himself up like you do. Like I did.

My religion isn't religion. I'm more Christian than anything because that's the way I was raised but, and please forgive me, but it didn't ... it wasn't enough... for me. So I read. I've read about religion so much I think I've made my own. lol. I'll tell you what I believe and what I know as scientific fact, ok?

I know that our bodies emit an energy field. It can be measured by an EEG. We also emit a magnetic field from our hearts. Can't remember the loooong name of that test but it's very common. So we emit energy and we draw energy towards us. They've measured that energy in a way that we know we draw good things to ourselves if we think positively and bad things attract bad things. These are proven scientific facts. You can research it.

Now...the universe, God, is made of these same energies so be careful what you say because what you say creates energy...then you draw that energy to you.

It's a little difficult at first, if you're like I was because I never had a kind word to say about myself either. I stopped that. I was making it true by staying stuck in those negative thoughts patterns.

Repeat this in your mind all day every day, "I am loved. I am unique. I am a winner. God's love for me is UNCONDITIONAL and I am perfect in his eyes. Everything always works out for me. Thank you for my life."

Trust me. Negative self talk is a killer. We definately believe it when we bully ourselves. God loves you!

Now I'm going to say something that my mother even had a hard time accepting. I had such a hard life that when I was 6 something so bad happened that .. well it didn't kill me but I wished it had. It was more than my little mind could handle so...I left my body. Where I went was real... there is no hell but the hell we create for ourselves. You are tormenting yourself with critical self talk. You're isolating yourself because of it too. I'm out of room but please try repeating that to yourself. It'll take bout 2 weeks and you'll see miracles happen I swear it! You've got this!

What if you know that giving that child it’s one chance at life could mean killing the mother and/or the baby? Would you bring a child into the world if you knew it would kill your spouse and the baby would live a few hours in complete suffering before dying? Abortion can be a lifesaving thing. If you don’t want an abortion, that’s ok with me. Honestly, as long as abortion isn’t completely banned in the United States, I am fine. the option just needs to be available.
P.S. Using birth control is not murder because there is no alive subject to begin with. You can’t kill something that never existed in the first place.

I don't think it's murder anymore than killing people in war isn't murder and protecting yourself isn't murder. Again... perspective.

What if that spirit only wanted to see what being conceived felt like but didn't want to be born?

This is a response to the below comment.
Now this brings us to the question: is abortion murder? I know a lot of people would say yes, but murder is robbing someone of their life, not their potential life. An unborn baby doesn’t know what life is, so how does it know any different. Just because an embryo has a heartbeat doesn’t mean it is a living human with emotions and experiences. And, the doctors can tell you if a pregnancy will be fatal in plenty of time to abort a pregnancy. Also, aborting a pregnancy is not selfish. If you do it to save your life, that is an act of self preservation. If you do it because you cannot support a child, that is a selfless decision because you are choosing to not being a child into what would be a life of poverty, risking the situation of both the child and the mother. Sometimes, mothers do want children, but have to make the tragic decision to let that baby go because of a health or development issue. So I will end this response with a question. Which is more likely to send you to hell: saving a baby from a short existence of suffering, while also saving your own life, or condemning a baby and yourself to a painful death by carrying that baby to term?

That's a moral dilemma, and something I have no control over. I have no way of knowing if it'll kill her until we're too deep into the process for an abortion. I'm not taking that risk because there is an equal chance that I *won't* kill my wife. I know for a fact that if my girlfriend and I married and giving birth to our child would kill her, she would tell me to go through with it. Do you know how selfish it is to murder a child because it *might* kill my wife? It's not worth it.

Sorry to be a pest. I'm usually not like this but ... watch this. It spoke volumes to me.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcx7kliqzlI

I'm a realist. Nobody ALWAYS practices safe sex. Nobody.

I'm going to respectfully decline to continue. What I think has nothing to do with anything but what I think. I know the arguments. I'm just trying to stop the cycle of negative thinking so I don't want to debate or argue. I'm not on a jury and it's just hypothetical so ... what I think is just what I think, right now. What you think is what you think, right now.

Everything changes. Even our opinions. What about this hypothetical? Do you think Hitler should have been an exception to the hatred people have against abortion? Aborting that one would have saved millions of already born people that would have given birth to millions of other souls soooo... It's a never ending debate.

Look, if someone ends up a total dickweed, then they ended up a total dickweed. That's their own fault. But why take that chance? It's just as likely that they won't become a dickweed. Abortionists say that they shouldn't have to care for a child they didn't want. I say that's a lazy excuse to commit one of the worst crimes ever. Abortion is a disgusting practice, no matter how you spin it. And, if you want me to use different logic, how about the exact same logic abortionists use: If it's unfair that a woman should have to care for a child she didn't want, then it's equally unfair (if not moreso) for that child to be deprived of its only chance at life. Hitler wasn't aborted, and he became a dickweed. What if that child would've become a great person? Do you really want to take that chance by murdering what could possibly become the key that brings Earth back to the good ol' days before brainrot and hatred and civil disorder and everything that's tearing our world apart at the seams?

It's not up to me to call anyone a dickweed either even if I may think that.

You're judging every woman but not one man. That's interesting.

I'm not judging women. And I have just as many complaints for men. But before this leg continues, read my other response, the longer one.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Don't want kids, don't have sex. It's as simple as that.

Tell that to the men impregnating children against their will.

Now that side of the question does require a bit more thought. I'd have to do more research before I could answer it confidently.

Every pregnancy has its own story and EVERY pregnancy has the potential to be lethal for the mother. Being pregnant is NOT as easy as it looks. People die. Babies die. Miscarriages happen. We can't know everything that's why we have to trust women, and their doctors, to make their own decisions. We can't control everything. It just can not be done. Trying to control every pregnancy is an impossibility. Trying to force every woman to give birth is an impossibility because you can't know every circumstance. That's all I'm saying.