RE: Hypothetical For Gun Rights Advocates
March 28, 2018 at 1:49 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2018 at 1:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@Whatevs
I think that there's a perceptual gap, even (especially?) with people who maintain that they have a gun to defend their lives today, or defend their lives against a tyrannical government.
Guns don;t defend lives. They can defend property, sure - they can hold ground.. You risk your life and the lives of others defending your property with a gun. Using a gun against a tyrannical government may defend "the land" that you think you live in..but..again, only at express risk to your own life and the lives of everyone around you. We make unintentional targets of people by the simple act of trying to protect them with guns.
Tyrannical governments have a habit of killing everyone in the house that the freedom fighter fired from, or came from..on principle. It;s for this reason that they seek to avopid lists of owners..because they understand that the simple -possession- of a gun is a risk in that scenario, even if they fail to realize that simple possession is the greatest risk they face today, as well.
The irony of the whole thing, before it slips my mind..is that "in the event of tyranny" there won't exactly be a gun shortage. You don;t need to posess a gun when tyranny comes calling as a standing army...they bring them -to- you. Nice ones, better than the shit we have.
I think that there's a perceptual gap, even (especially?) with people who maintain that they have a gun to defend their lives today, or defend their lives against a tyrannical government.
Guns don;t defend lives. They can defend property, sure - they can hold ground.. You risk your life and the lives of others defending your property with a gun. Using a gun against a tyrannical government may defend "the land" that you think you live in..but..again, only at express risk to your own life and the lives of everyone around you. We make unintentional targets of people by the simple act of trying to protect them with guns.
Tyrannical governments have a habit of killing everyone in the house that the freedom fighter fired from, or came from..on principle. It;s for this reason that they seek to avopid lists of owners..because they understand that the simple -possession- of a gun is a risk in that scenario, even if they fail to realize that simple possession is the greatest risk they face today, as well.
The irony of the whole thing, before it slips my mind..is that "in the event of tyranny" there won't exactly be a gun shortage. You don;t need to posess a gun when tyranny comes calling as a standing army...they bring them -to- you. Nice ones, better than the shit we have.
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