Bearing arms is a civil right

“The history of gun control in America possesses an ugly component: discrimination and oppression of blacks, prostate other racial and ethnic minorities, try immigrants, and other “unwanted elements,” including union organizers and agrarian reformers. Firearms laws were often enacted to disarm and facilitate repressive action against these groups.”

Gun Control and racism

http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Tahmassebi1.html

“Being able to protect yourself was at least as important as drinking out of a water fountain or sitting at a lunch counter”

The End of a Personal Twelve-Year Odyssey

http://www.john-ross.net/ccw03.htm