Rights are bestowed by God & stolen by governments

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/04/13/gingrich-to-the-nra-its-time-to-make-the-right-to-bear-arms-a-universal-human-right-at-the-un/

h/t Instapundit

The right to bear arms allows people to feel free; a person who is not allowed to defend himself is a slave, not a citizen.  It works well for us, here in the USA, and it works for the Swiss.  I'm unaware of any other country that freely allows or encourages firearm ownership... but I suspect more places in the world could come to the peace table if the concept of "disarming the population" was not on that table.  And an armed populace would keep the government from reneging on agreements that the people feel strongly about.  Of course, that is why the government doesn't want it. 

The people need to instruct their government on what they want and what they will not tolerate.