For over 200 years Americans have laid down their lives so you can live in freedom.  The right to bear arms has provided for your ability to live in this country.  If you feel that the Second Amendment is such an awful provision to live with, you have the  freedom to emigrate to any other country of your choosing. Many countries ban the civilian ownership of firearms so you have a multitude of options.  If 50,000 North Koreans invaded Waikiki Beach, would be one of those welcoming them with open arms?  Would you be a Quisling and rat out your neighbors like a good communist? One reason Japan never invaded the US was due to the fact that civilians did have guns and knew how to use them. Imperial Japan thought it easier to invade countries where civilians did not have access to guns.  Thanks to Hawaii's gun laws, an invader need only take the main police station and find the list of all Hawaii's gun owners and round them up.