>>>Again, you've shifted the burden of proof and not answered the only meaningful question:
>>>"Why should any civilian citizen be allowed to possess a gun?"
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>>The Second Amendment, in case you forgot :)
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>So, the second amendment's concepts are valid because the second amendment says they are?

If I'm not mistaken, many of the items in the Bill of Rights came about from experience in the events leading up to and during the Revolutionary War -- basically as a "safety check" against a government that has become tyrannical and no longer reflects the general will of the people. An armed populace has a much better chance at a revolt against an tyrannical than an unarmed one.