all you have is a "what if"? alright then i can counter with the same. "what if" all of the churchgoers were armed? then those 5 guys would be dead very quickly. and yes there is lots of panic and chaos when shooting starts. the same with a fire the same with a bomb going off. that doesnt mean you remove the ability to stop the problem. you dont see people advocating for less fire extinguishers. so lets keep guns in the good guys hands.
making guns illegal simply makes the problem worse.
hitler, stalin and castro all drank water. drinking water makes people dictators
and what does that have to do with the price of tea in china?
jtpitner wrote:You are an idiot. Good half a thought bro.
Potjeh wrote:So when is this mythical point when 2nd Amendment is actually used to do something about the government tyranny? Same time when the South rises again?
Look, there is a far more powerful constitutional weapon against government tyranny. It's called the 1st Amendment. Too bad you guys have no idea what to do with it, though. But yeah, in general, to win a revolution against a government you need the majority of the population on your side. Pulling a Waco won't get anyone on your side. And when you do get to the point where the majority is behind you you don't need any guns, because the military will refuse to fight their friends and families.
Now, as far as intention of the 2nd Amendment is concerned, I believe the vision was that the federal government should have no standing army. Federal army would only be created in times of war, and the core around which it'd be built would be state militias. A big reason for this would be preventing the feds from strongarming the states, and another reason was that a standing army needs a lot of taxes to fund it. And look how well that worked out, today you've got by far the most expensive military in the world. Though I suppose there's a loophole to make that kosher - just stay in a constant state of war by declaring war on abstract concepts so there's no danger of actually winning and ending the war.
Potjeh wrote:There never was a strong unified culture in USA.
And when you do get to the point where the majority is behind you you don't need any guns, because the military will refuse to fight their friends and families.
Potjeh wrote:There never was a strong unified culture in USA.
Kaios wrote:Spice Girls are integral to understanding Ysh's thought process when communicating, duly noted.
Disarming the innocent people is necessary to disarm the non-innocent people.
Guns are illegal in many countries, but they all have less gun related deaths than the US. What is the major difference, if not the amount of guns that people have?
Some countries have higher gun deaths than USA even with less guns, but these countries (such as honduras) have some really big problems with crime and drugs or maybe even a civil war happening in them. There are neither of those issues in the US.
It means that even if some dictators had strict gun policies, it does not mean that strict gun policies automatically make countries or leaders of them dictators. Correlation does not imply causation, limiting guns is a thing that happens in most of countries in earth, thus of course even countries where bad things happen might have some limitations on guns, without anything to do with the bad thigns happening.
You are an idiot. Good half a thought bro.
Exactly, you need support of the majority or support of the army. Support of the army is not always enough, because after all, citizens are the ones that keeps the country up and running.
And if you have support of majority or support of the army, some weapon wielding citizens dont help a shit.
synaris wrote:http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/knives-kill-more-people-each-year-than-rifles-time-for-knife-control/
synaris wrote:more people die in france from knives than people in the USA do from guns.
synaris wrote:hitler, stalin and castro took the guns. all the dictators agree. gun control works when you want to enslave a nation. america was born of revolution, and we never want to go back to the kind of tyranny of king george or anyone like him.
synaris wrote:if you really believe that taking the guns stops crime you need to look at chicago. people loved to brag about it being the first gun free city. its also the first city with "no go zones" where police actually STOP YOU FROM ENTERING because crime is so high in that area. its the murder capitol of the united states now.
synaris wrote:another fun pic to post. i love these.
synaris wrote:Disarming the innocent people is necessary to disarm the non-innocent people.
that is a lie. pure and simple. with nothing to back it up.
the fact that every dictator did the same thing doesnt strike you as odd? okay i guess you dont have basic pattern recognition. i for one dont want to take the chance. i always err on the side of caution.
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