Reply #30: How many anti-war protests have you attended?

[HankyDubs]

Quite a few, actually. I live in the San Francisco bay area. It wasn't feasible for me to attend a rally in DC...this doesn't mean that I give up my right to "complain."

Of course your actions are laudable if true, and they demonstrate the point I was trying to make quite well. The first amendment rights of speech and assembly, not our ownership of firearms and willingness to resort to violence, are what protect our other freedoms.