A remarkably rational article, despite being on DailyKos

[unixronin]

Liberals love the Constitution.  They especially love the Bill of Rights.  They love all the Amendments.

Except for one: the Second Amendment.

[... large snip here ...]

This is an appeal to every liberal who never wants to lose another election to Republicans because they [Democrats] have successfully persuaded the voters that Democrats will take their guns away.

(Clarification in the last sentence mine.  In context, it's completely clear, but out of context, may be ambiguous.)

Comments

[smandal.livejournal.com]

The author's ancillary reason is somewhat suspect. Liberals may like the Bill of Right (sans the 2nd amendment) but have enjoyed abusing the Interstate Commerce and General Welfare clauses -- so the Constitution is no more sacred to liberals than conservatives.

I think the two compelling arguments are: there is a historical, common-law and philosophical right to self-defense (from both intruders and tyrants), and gun control does nothing to stop crime.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the Afghans got a lot of help from NATO.

Of course, if the Soviets had overrun Afghanistan, the old rifles and bombs might have been a successful insurgeny, like we see in Iraq today.