Why doesn't the NYTs print this?

This will never make it on any of the big news channels' shows, and false statistics will still be used to try and deny and limit our rights.

It's a sad situation.

But, I've been thinking recently, or rather, over the past ten minutes.

You see, ten minutes ago I watched an Iranian woman named Neda die. I watched her die. Someone on a rooftop shot her in the heart, while she was doing nothing but attending a protest against a tyrannical government. I searched for articles pertaining to Iran's gun laws but I couldn't find any. I can only assume they're very strict on non- military citizens.

People say that we don't need guns to protect us. They say that the police will save us. The State will save us. But look at what's happening over there to those brave people. They're going up against an army of people working under a corrupt regime who are killing their own citizens for questioning their government. Those people need to be able to fight back. They need to be able to exercise their God-given right to defend their lives. They need to have that right, but they don't. Why? Because the State denies them the right.

Even people who don't own guns should appreciate the rights we have that were put in place to allow us to be ready for the unlikely, albeit serious threat of a tyrannical government. People say it can't happen here, but how many times has it happened around the world since we drafted the Constitution?

Stop trying to take away our rights.