08-29-2023, 05:45 PM
(08-29-2023, 04:37 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I'm basically saying people around here have gladly given up their jobs, their health, their families, and other things due in no small part to (maybe I'm just being a bit too biased here) politicians who have comforted them by assuring they will protect their rights to own guns that they can use to defend themselves against those who would do them harm or take things from them.
Did they give them up? You state this like the Democrats haven't had a fair hand in shipping jobs overseas and encouraging cheaper, migrant workers.
Quote:Again, I'm just a bit pessimistic I guess but it seems like you can just take everything a man has as long as you can convince him you'll protect his right to shoot people who try to take everything he has. Guns have made us defenseless in a sense that we will let the powers that be walk all over us as long as we have the perception that we can defend ourselves from people who will do us harm...well, that aren't them.
I think many people will give you more credence if you assure them of their right to defend themselves. There's an oft repeated saying on the right regarding gun ownership, "if someone is trying to take away your gun it's because they plan to do something you'd shoot them for." While I cringe a bit at the sentiment expressed, it's not inherently wrong. Any person who is willing to allow you a weapon of deadly force isn't planning on curtailing your liberty in a substantial fashion. Of course, the inverse can be equally true.
Quote:We need guns because everything goin' to hell in this country. I feel like we spend too much time thinking that defending ourselves from those who would do us harm involves the simplistic notion of seeing an obvious BAD GUY and opening fire.
Or maybe is just gives a person piece of mind to know they have the means to defend themselves? I don't have homeowners insurance because I hope my house burns down, but I do feel more comfortable knowing I have it in case it does.
