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Okay, so what's your idea? You're going to give up your freedoms for some temporary safety?
What "freedoms" would they be giving up, exactly? The freedom to become a school shooter?
Every freedom. You're giving the government a green light to do whatever they want to you. Two pure examples of this is China and Russia. How do you think tyrannical regimes come along? By taking away your ability to defend yourself. This has been shown in history multiple times.
Russians absolutely have guns. And their laws aren't very strict. And you seriously think the majority of developed countries where gun laws are stricter than the US's are in imminent danger of tyranny?
Sheesh. Tyranny absolutely doesn't care about guns, and even appreciates them in some ways. Because before things are bad enough that government weaponry (which citizens can never hope to match if the government is serious enough) is used to enforce it, militias of extremists will absolutely start the process of turning the country to shit. And will not prevent actual tyrannical behaviour by the government.
Proud Boys standing at polling stations with military weapons to intimidate voters for "safety". Extremist anti-abortion nutheads enforcing their point of view regardless of laws or basic logic. Police murdering citizens for minor offenses or unfounded suspicions, where a gun on the citizen's person couldn't possibly do anything but make the cops more afraid and more violent. (What you gonna do with your guns? Start a frickin' war with the police? You know they'll call for reinforcements and now have a perfectly valid reason to shoot, right?)
Those are all happening in the US. Guns aren't helping with any of this tyrannical behaviour, and while I'm not willing to put my hand over the fire over this take, it would be reasonable to consider whether the popularity of gun laws and lax gun regulation have made things worse.
You know what is being used right now to fight against the coup in Myanmar? Small arms...and it's working.
A plane cannot patrol a street corner or kick in doors.
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We are here, between these two....pray it does not make it to the last
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