Can someone tell me where in the 2nd amendment it says you can carry machine guns?

[Brian37]

There are more restrictions on BB guns than on actual guns.

And so many people don't see a problem with that.

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If you go for a walk down the road and know there are dogs that might chase you and you carry a big stick...do you carry it with the expectation that you may use it?

If I thought that I would never have to use my sidearm, I would not wear it.  But...then I would not have been able to kill my attackers.  And, neither would I have felt safe in those few instances when strangers that made me feel creepy were on my property.

I have never had an accident, but I wear my seatbelt every single time.

I bet that criminals intend to use their guns when they venture out with them.  It is for courts to decide it they intended to murder or committed man-slaughter instead.

When I use my gun to commit murder, then I am a criminal.  Until then I am a law-abiding citizen just like you....or I assume that you are one, too.

-Jeanne

Do you wear your gun to Wal-mart?

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Set me straight then. What should I do? What steps should I take to be the responsible gun owner you would have me be?

Don't put other people in danger. You're far more likely to shoot someone who doesn't need it than to kill a bad guy. 

My guns were locked in safes when I had them at home. Now they're locked in safes at a local range. When I was  a young man I was taught how to take care of myself without a gun before I was allowed to fire a gun. Eventually I taught young men how to take care of themselves with and without guns.

That last line says it all and that you have your head on straight. Even with martial arts, the moral motif in most trainers is that you never use your martial arts as a default starting point, you use diplomacy first and only use it in self defense. The problem with hearing about so many cops shooting people, is that they face an armed public and most of the time without the resources to face it which causes them to use their firearms far more. But even given that, they are supposed to be trained and when trained well, use of deadly force is not the default position but the last resort when nothing else is available.

You are a gun owner I feel far more comfortable with. The ones who simply shout "rights" and "just because" don't really seem to me as having the understanding the serious nature of responsibility of what owning a firearm constitutes.

Well trained use of any weapon, your fists, or firearm still requires calm, situational awareness, path of least resistance and conflict as a last resort.

The same attitude is taken by firefighters and life guards. You don't simply run into a fire, you are trained safety first, know what conditions lead to what, and only go in with the proper safety gear and training. Lifeguards also, have know weather conditions and rip tides and even taught to verbally calm down a struggling swimmer, and even to break their grip if that victim starts pulling them under. 

The tool of any of those jobs means nothing if you don't have the stress training to deal with those tools properly.