The only way to overthrow a corrupt government, as enshrined by the Declaration of Independence, is to have weaponry equal in effectiveness as that corrupt government.
Which pans out two ways:
Option A. If the government doesn't want people to have guns, then they shouldn't have guns either. That can never happen, as you'd be an open target for invasion, so option B.
Option B. People need guns to defend themselves from enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC.
The greatest threat in domestic life is a government in which you have no representation and cannot air your grievances legally.
The Founding Fathers understood all of this, and they decided that the RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. You can't form a militia by asking the government to arm you, if the government is the causal factor for forming a militia to defend your property and interests.
If the government doesn't want people to have guns, then THEY should be the first to offer a system that has no need of guns for ANY man, woman, or child. Period. End violence, not just war, and then we can talk about getting rid of guns.
Barring that, if they want people to not have access to devastating weapons, they should probably stop making armaments so good at killing.
Ideally, the government ARE the people, and so everyone has an equal right to arm themselves.
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
That means the Government is not full of elites beyond reproach. It means that the people govern themselves by electing the most trusted among them to represent their interests.
As far as I'm concerned, it's better to mandate that everyone should carry a gun and a knife. The world would be a hell of a lot more polite and compassionate then. The ones most likely to commit crimes would be shot dead pretty damn quick, and the genes to burn, loot, and murder would be excised from the face of the Earth forever.
That's not a jab at any one race, mind you. It's more of a jab at psychopathy in general. Arm the victims, BEFORE they become a victim.
An armed Society is a polite Society. And you're right, it will tend to automatically deal with violence and improve the gene pool. I just hope that before we get to that point people can learn to deal with psychopaths in general, and safely neutralize them. We are very slowly moving in that direction since the Trump Administration.
The only way to overthrow a corrupt government, as enshrined by the Declaration of Independence, is to have weaponry equal in effectiveness as that corrupt government.
Which pans out two ways:
Option A. If the government doesn't want people to have guns, then they shouldn't have guns either. That can never happen, as you'd be an open target for invasion, so option B.
Option B. People need guns to defend themselves from enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC.
The greatest threat in domestic life is a government in which you have no representation and cannot air your grievances legally.
The Founding Fathers understood all of this, and they decided that the RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. You can't form a militia by asking the government to arm you, if the government is the causal factor for forming a militia to defend your property and interests.
If the government doesn't want people to have guns, then THEY should be the first to offer a system that has no need of guns for ANY man, woman, or child. Period. End violence, not just war, and then we can talk about getting rid of guns.
Barring that, if they want people to not have access to devastating weapons, they should probably stop making armaments so good at killing.
Ideally, the people have ALL the guns, and the government has none.
Ideally, the government ARE the people, and so everyone has an equal right to arm themselves.
That means the Government is not full of elites beyond reproach. It means that the people govern themselves by electing the most trusted among them to represent their interests.
As far as I'm concerned, it's better to mandate that everyone should carry a gun and a knife. The world would be a hell of a lot more polite and compassionate then. The ones most likely to commit crimes would be shot dead pretty damn quick, and the genes to burn, loot, and murder would be excised from the face of the Earth forever.
That's not a jab at any one race, mind you. It's more of a jab at psychopathy in general. Arm the victims, BEFORE they become a victim.
An armed Society is a polite Society. And you're right, it will tend to automatically deal with violence and improve the gene pool. I just hope that before we get to that point people can learn to deal with psychopaths in general, and safely neutralize them. We are very slowly moving in that direction since the Trump Administration.