Because you say so? Are you channeling Diogenes?
It’s the heart of the pro-gun movement, but I say pro self-defense because I think the guns are a just a component of it. Arguably the most visible component, but it’s much more than that. Even the NRA says the Second Amendment isn’t about duck hunting.
I’ve been in hundreds of arguments with anti-gun people on this message board over 10 years, and when it boils down to it perhaps more than 90% of them really are against the right of effective self-defense. I’ve seen all the arguments possible - I’ve got a notebook somewhere of them.
It’s what I consider a large aspect of conservatism: the individual takes first - not only, not sole - responsibility for their own self-defense. Where hardline conservatives get it wrong is by assuming that the individual has the sole or only responsiblity. We are and live in a Community, and conservatism believes the Community exists for the mutual benefit, health, and welfare of its individuals. But the individuals must step up to the plate, to use a hideous baseball analogy, and have the primary role.
As opposed to liberalism, which believes the State should have first - not sole, not only - responsibility for your defense. Unfortunately, most liberals I debate with take the hardline view, which is that the State has the sole or only responsibility. The worst case are those who believe that not only should the State be the primary role of defender, but that the police should not be held both collectively and individually liable for our defense, thus leaving us helpless on an individual level. That is the worst and frankly most scary version of all.
I won’t debate it here; if you disagree so be it, and honestly, have a nice weekend.