If your current government wanted to assert total control, they could use the weapons at their disposal, which are much more powerful than those at the citizens’ disposal. A-bombs, tanks, planes. But, hopefully, no one is actually suggesting an armed conflict between the government and the citizenry.
What you did after Dunblane is a great example of making a positive difference, in my opinion.
Hitler made sure he knew where all the guns were. First thing he did was take 'em all away.
Neither do we purchase vehicle insurance because we intend to crash.
Only from his enemies.
You’re right. Gun organizations like the NRA are very good in selling guns and ammunition, what else can one say. 300,000,000 and still counting.
I don’t know what are you trying to drive at here, in Switzerland in the middle of Europe ALL citizens are armed, they have at home FULLY automatic assault weapons and some that are trained to use it have .50mm Can Machine Guns, fully paid for by the Swiss government.
Uhmm I believe you are grossly mistaken, the NRA does not sell neither guns nor ammunition.
This is not quite true. All the Swiss are treated as soldiers and have to undergo military training and are assigned weapons while they serve - from ages 20 to 30, then they have to return them (or file to register, in which case the automatic function is removed) - and they receive no ammo to be kept at home. Ammo can only be used in practice ranges. In some cantons, the guns are kept in depots, not homes.
Ignore him. He’s been repeating that same post on any thread that he can. I’m sure if someone started a thread about water guns he’d figure out a rationale for posting it there as well.
The framers of the US Constitution never envisioned what we saw in this nation over a week ago. We use to have drills for tornados’…now children have drills for lock down for bomb threats. Now this. Gun liberties have gone too far…if we live by the sword, we will surely die by the sword.
You know what: I bet if you actually analyzed it a case could be made that your current government is more “oppressive” than King George.
Maybe - but I bet they don’t have the ammo, do they. Because that’s at the depot/armoury.I don’t know what are you trying to drive at here, in Switzerland in the middle of Europe ALL citizens are armed, they have at home FULLY automatic assault weapons and some that are trained to use it have .50mm Can Machine Guns, fully paid for by the Swiss government.
They are a guarantee that NO ONE will attempt to conquer that country.
In the US their Constitution guarantees their citizens the right to have weapons for the common defense of their land from menace foreign and domestic.
That is all there is to it.
The principle applied here is that all the citizens of a country should have the right and the duty to defend it.
Except in many countries arms ownership is restricted to the military and police and how many times have we seen the military and police used to control, repress and sometimes kill their own populations.
I would rather live as a FREE Swiss or American citizen given the choice.
It comes from a lack of trust in G-d, man, government, and oneself.
Too many nations to count have banned or partially banned assault rifles and similar weapons without even nearly sliding down that slope to total bans on guns or martial law.
And of course in that ‘little dust up’ the horrendously oppressed (by which I presume you mean the Confederates - I doubt the Union troops thought they were being oppressed by the US government) had a mighty triumph and gave that tyrant Abe Lincoln whatfor to the extent that they are still free of the shackles of Washington DC today?I wonder what that little dust-up that we had (1861-1865)? I think it was called the Civil War.
Well, they sent armed military to a college campus and shot 4 students. Violent clashes between the citizens and the government are part of our culture. The students did not slink away and think, “Oh no! We must do as we are told!” They rioted and trashed a whole town.
No, from the citizens.
From the way you write, you possibly live in any one of a number of European cities. In the UK and many of the countries on the Continent, the Police have far more control over the populace than any Americans would ever tolerate. As an example, the UK and many of the European countries have TV surveilance cameras for pedestrians, whereas, in the US we have them in a few cities for automobile traffic violations only-and even these are being protested in our courts. In addition, European Governmental statistics about violent crime, such as assaults, that are made public cannot be trusted because they are often “cooked” so as not to alarm the public.
