New York attorney Ravi Batra says, "Guns save and kill, just like fire cooks and burns. This land became a country on the strength of the gun -- to tame the land, get freedom from the crown, and in the absence of law and order, impose order.
The right to bear arms was enshrined in the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights, so as to, inter-alia, prevent the government from using military might against its own unarmed citizens to impose tyrannical rule."
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Batra further says, "Almost everybody loves to go hunting, see an action flick or support our men/women in uniform. Who doesn't love the cop who shoots down a bad guy to save the victim?
In the pre-9/11 world, guns were for sporting purposes for most normal citizens. In the post-9/11 world, it is part of the first responders' arsenal," he says.
"Just because India, and those who claim Indian ancestry, appreciate peace over war does not mean that guns are not needed to maintain the peace. History shows, winning the war, as tough as it may be, is easier than keeping the peace. Just as a nation wages war, it also needs to wage peace," Batra adds.
