{"id":573173,"date":"2021-06-24T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573173"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:52:34","slug":"opinion-the-second-amendment-doesnt-shrink-beneath-the-threat-of-f-15s-and-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-the-second-amendment-doesnt-shrink-beneath-the-threat-of-f-15s-and-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: The Second Amendment Doesn\u2019t Shrink Beneath The Threat Of F-15s And Nuclear Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-the-second-amendment-doesnt-shrink-beneath-the-threat-of-f-15s-and-nuclear-weapons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233619798-e1624547489522.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>In his latest splurge of nonsensical gun control rhetoric, Joe Biden raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he repeated his claim that the Second Amendment always limited both who could own a weapon and the kinds of weapons available, and then appeared to threaten the gun owners by alluding to the U.S. military\u2019s overwhelming firepower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own,\u201d Biden<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-to-americans-who-own-guns-to-defend-against-tyranny-you-need-jets-nuclear-weapons-to-take-us-on\"> <span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t buy a cannon. [Those who] say the blood of the, the blood of patriots, you know, and all this stuff about how we\u2019re going to have to move against the government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell, the tree of liberty is not [watered with] the blood of patriots, what\u2019s happened is that there never been, if you want, if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cThe point is that there\u2019s always been the ability to limit, rationally limit, the type of weapon that can be owned, and who can own it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While critics were quick to point out that Biden\u2019s narrative was inconsistent with the overwrought claims by Democrats that the U.S. Capitol building riot was an unprecedented assault on democracy, there is something of far deeper concern which must be acknowledged: Joe Biden does not understand the Second Amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The president misses the multiple examples in history when lesser military forces have emerged victorious. One obvious example is the American War of Independence, spurring the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/youll-never-beat-a-tyrannical-government-just-using-guns\"><span>Babylon Bee<\/span><\/a><span> to post a satirical op-ed by King George III titled, \u201cYou\u2019ll Never Beat A Tyrannical Government With Just Guns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, there is a subtle but crucial point which many miss when they discuss the Second Amendment, and one which has links to the fundamental difference between the Left and Right when it comes to equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden, and the Left more broadly, judge the validity of ownership of weapons as a protection from tyranny in a binary manner. The U.S. military is more powerful in terms of weaponry than the American populace, and (assuming the use of F-15s and nuclear weapons against private citizens is somehow moral) any military action on a national scale would likely result in a victory for the federal government, and defeat for those who oppose them. Therefore, in the mind of the Left, why would you need such weapons when you would lose anyway?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The answer is that, like those who took up arms in the face of the world\u2019s greatest military might and fought \u2014 win or lose \u2014 for American independence, the right to self-defense in the face of tyranny makes no qualms about the risks that accompany such action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those who stood up to tyranny under the rule of the British crown did not do so because victory was guaranteed. Indeed, victory was extraordinarily unlikely, with numerous pivotal events providing a razor-thin path to the final objective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like those patriots, those who advocate for our right to stand up against tyranny do so with a valid disregard for the consequences of standing up against immorality. We believe that the Second Amendment is a written expression of our inalienable right to self-defense \u2014 of life, property, and liberty. This inalienable right doesn\u2019t fade into insignificance under the shadow of those looking to take our lives, property or liberty just because they have a bigger stick than us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For people like Joe Biden, the calculus of \u201cequality of outcome\u201d is applied to all, including our fundamental God-given rights. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That is why they will never understand those who fought and died to enshrine our right to keep and bear arms. That is why they will never understand us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> <i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his latest splurge of nonsensical gun control rhetoric, Joe Biden raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he repeated his claim that the Second Amendment always limited both who could own &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281261,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233619798-e1624547489522.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: The Second Amendment Doesn\u2019t Shrink Beneath The Threat Of F-15s And Nuclear Weapons","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233619798-e1624547489522.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: The Second Amendment Doesn\u2019t Shrink Beneath The Threat Of F-15s And Nuclear Weapons","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}