Gun Control What's your take???

JCL · #11 01-23-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by noncom23

The idea of the entire article is to show that without weapons the people are only subjects to their dictatorial governments. Whether guns were there before or after the tyranny, the people can become free with weapons. With no weapons, no chance.

Can you see that concept?

Absolutely. But following your logic further, there are two potential threats in the US, compared to Afghanistan. If the threat is from outside your country, or for that matter inside, then you have an army, and a pretty big one at that, as well as various other forces. So I would conclude that you would only need your own weapons if the threat was your own government. You may need something bigger than a semi automatic rifle, in that case, even withstanding the Afghanistan example.

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Originally Posted by noncom23

Ok. Now we have weapons, take them away, where are we? No better off than any other country run by subjective dictators who
have weapons to point at us, while we have sticks. To you this is "splitting hairs". To us and many other oppressed peoples, this is loss of freedom.

But the question was, why are you jumping all the way to taking them away? The proposals being discussed are for some form of gun control, not confiscation of all weapons. Is every form of gun control a type of communist threat? If the answer is simply that you believe that every current gun regulation (all 15,000 of them) is a restriction of your rights, and that you would like them all removed, just say so.

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Originally Posted by noncom23

We keep our weapons to remind the government who is in charge. The US government works for the people. The people are in control. Most are too asleep to see it, but that is the fact.

OK, that clarifies that the threat, or at least one threat, is your government. Now you need to make sure you have enough weapons to overcome the US army et al.