I will never get my head around the 2nd amendment and Americans utter refusal

[redgunamo]

Oh, you don't need to tell ME; Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit and a' that.

But we don't even claim to be free. Well, not those of us who are sensible, anyway. We see freedom as being subject to a clear set of laws and restrictions and having the ability to choose someone else to oversee them once every five years. And some obscure legal rights that are frequently trampled on....

We don't bang on about freedom. It is too vague to carry any meaning. Freedom from what? For whom?