Saw on Facebook someone standing up for their “god-given” rights to bear arms with an obligatory picture of a semi-automatic, high capacity magazine, rifle.

These are the arms that God gave us the right to bear:

Image found here. The artist has some really nice stuff.

And not everybody gets those. Granted, people who lose those arms later in life can usually blame other people for their loss.

But the right to possess and use guns is granted by government and the people who created that government. People ratified the second amendment. God had nothing to do with it. If the people, and the government they created and run, have decided that it’s time to take away the right to use guns, at least this will be an intentional process executed after due deliberation. And require a constitutional amendment. Unlike, say, an amputation due to land mines, car wreck, or injuries sustained after being shot with a gun.

People gave you the right to carry these:

Image found here.

God gave most of us these: