I promise: I will NOT shoot you. But, I WILL own my gun, and, YOU have no say in that.
Now, IF and WHEN the Federal Government seeks to abridge the Second Ammendment, then, as far as I (and MANY others) am/are concerned, the Contract between The Federal Government and the governed, is null and void......
You don't have to promise you won't shoot me. I might just need shooting some day else what is the point of having your gun? I just want to make two points about your post here and below. First you leave out the states. Are the states also forbidden to regulate your right to bears arms too? Second with regard to this -
"Sure I can. by maintaining it, and, knowing how to use it properly.
Just as I do with my AUTOMOBILE, which, by the way, is FAR more likely to cause you harm, than anyone's GUN....
Either way, you have no bearing on MY rights....."
Well there are many regulations regarding your car (how fast and where you can drive it for example) and there are also regulation regarding your gun such as you can't carry a loaded one on an airplane or into Congress so what are the acceptable limits? I'm sorry but I don't want you carrying a semiautomatic weapon into a shopping mall or down to a busy intersection any more than Congressmen want you carrying one into the Capitol Building as I don't know you and you don't need it to shop and cross the highway or for self defense 24/7 outside your home so go ahead and own it if you aren't a felon or mentally ill but just leave it at home then because I feel the act of carrying it around where it doesn't belong is a form of intimidation and infringement on everyone elses right to feel secure from being in the presence of someone who could kill them by bending a finger. Is that unreasonable?