why would you favor upholding the 2nd
ammendment instead of supporting gun control, which many if not all
law enforcement agencies recommend strengthening?

1: because it's part of the Constitution of the United States.
2: because it's one of our defenses against government going bad
3: because gun control is another way of ensuring that we no longer need to be responsible for our own actions; this helps destroy society from the inside
4: because law enforcement should not have too much power over us

Jose
(note - though replied to r.a.student and r.a.piloting; I don't follow the student newsgroup)