(November 3, 2013 at 1:57 pm)Brakeman Wrote:(November 3, 2013 at 11:58 am)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: Oh yes, I'm sure the United States will steal all of our guns and become a totalitarian state. This is an irrational fear.I don't think you will get much agreement on that opinion, certainly not from the nation's founders. They spent a great deal of time crafting our current system of "checks and balances" for that very specific reason. When our "checks and balances" fail, the wrath of the people would be the only deterrent.
Because they invisioned crackpots hording AR-15's and cocealable handguns with 20+ round clips, right? They could and did imagine a time when a militia could mean sepratist assholes with unsavoury agendas? They understood mental health, and the ramifications of a gun culture on those afflicted? All said, getting opinions from dead guys on unforeseen future events fails for multiple reasons.