The Bill of Rights were not written until 1789 (that is 14 years after the British lost the war). No British were taking over houses and being fought on American soil at that time however, if you believe the same could not happen to us today you are very wrong. That right was added in their because of what Americans had suffered under British rule and they knew it could happen again unless they armed the public.

I have made a life out of going to these little unstable countries that once were very nice and friendly places to live and helped to shut down these little wars. To me it seems that people in America live under this impression that the rest of the world is this peace loving, flower growing, charity giving place where everyone is happy (except in Arab and African countries of course) because that is what the news conditions us to. Evil America is war mongering and violent to a lot of people, but they have never had to live under a dictator, or see another country swoop in and murder your family and friends, all in nice little country homes and cities where white, law abiding citizens happily went about a very peaceful life the day before. And no I am not talking about Iraq and Afghanistan. Been over in that part of the world too, and all I have to say is do not believe the media about how bad people over there have it. Someone will always have it bad and be disappointed. Oh well.

Remember, even your snakes (and dogs and cats and... well you get the picture) have teeth for a reason other than just catching food. It is never any fun to find yourself on the unarmed side of a two way shooting range.