I would say the answer to why more Americans want to own guns is because there is a lot of talk in recent years to ban guns incrementally through increased regulations. Gun sales are going through the roof because of that, since people want to be able to own a gun before our rights are taken away.
I get the idea of rights vs privileges, but for someone to say you don't have rights, you only have privileged means you accept you are not truly free, and have to ask your government to grant you privileges to do what should be a right if you were free. This whole thing about wanting security instead of freedom sounds strange to me, but we all want security to a certain extent. I don't want to live in anarchy, but I don't want to live in a dictatorship. If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. There will be a day when gun confiscation begins. I've seen the military training videos.
Legitimate State Monopoly Over The Means of Violence
http://www.usip.org/guiding-principles-s...ronment/le
"Civilian ownership of any firearm in the U.S. threatens the legitimate power monopoly of the state."
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a press conference on January 30, 1995, "We need to really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way." C-SPAN video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nM0asnCXD0
Bill Clinton gave a speech at the 1995 United Nations 50th anniversary, calling for the U.N. to continue to stem the proliferation of weapons. He stressed that member states must strengthen U.N. peacekeeping to help deter, contain, and end violent conflict: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/65896-1
U.S. military door-to-door confiscation of the firearms of law-abiding citizens after Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...f8trl69kzo
I get the idea of rights vs privileges, but for someone to say you don't have rights, you only have privileged means you accept you are not truly free, and have to ask your government to grant you privileges to do what should be a right if you were free. This whole thing about wanting security instead of freedom sounds strange to me, but we all want security to a certain extent. I don't want to live in anarchy, but I don't want to live in a dictatorship. If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. There will be a day when gun confiscation begins. I've seen the military training videos.
Legitimate State Monopoly Over The Means of Violence
http://www.usip.org/guiding-principles-s...ronment/le
"Civilian ownership of any firearm in the U.S. threatens the legitimate power monopoly of the state."
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a press conference on January 30, 1995, "We need to really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way." C-SPAN video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nM0asnCXD0
Bill Clinton gave a speech at the 1995 United Nations 50th anniversary, calling for the U.N. to continue to stem the proliferation of weapons. He stressed that member states must strengthen U.N. peacekeeping to help deter, contain, and end violent conflict: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/65896-1
U.S. military door-to-door confiscation of the firearms of law-abiding citizens after Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...f8trl69kzo
