06-24-2016, 01:49 AM
(06-24-2016, 01:28 AM)Vas Deferens Wrote: Can you expand on this a bit? Not sure I've heard this argument before.
Absolutely, but it's not an argument, it's hard, and irrefutable fact. Violent crime has dropped every year since 1993. Gun ownership has surged in the past ten years. There has been zero correlation between legal gun ownership and an increase in violent crime. The vast majority of homicides in this country are committed in inner city areas and involve criminal on criminal violence. I apologize for posting no corroborating links or tables, but it's late, I'm tired and I have zero fear of someone coming along and contradicting me with the same.
Quote:I'm as liberal as the next thumb sucking tech douche, but this is an issue I struggle with regularly. I'm all for people having the ability to protect themselves, their homes and their family. But I just don't see the populace having the ability to rise up against the gov at this point. SSF, do you actually think that would be possible?
Most definitely. If it wasn't then the US would have crushed the Taliban in days. Instead were' still fighting them. The best weapon system in the world remains the infantryman and his rifle. They alone allow you to take and hold ground. Tanks, helicopters, bombers and fighters help you beat another conventional military and are absolutely useful, albeit less so, against a partisan threat. But the bottom line is that, short of total annihilation, an armed populace remains an insurmountable obstacle to a conquering military. Also, don't ignore how many military members would find it difficult, if not impossible, to fire on their fellow Americans in the, hopefully never realized, scenario we're talking about.
Quote:Aside from the above, the NRA can suck each of my nuts individually with care and a real attempt while I knuckle into their forehead with my fist full of dick as I'm jackin one out. Still wouldn't change my mind. That's an evil org.
I certainly have my issues with them as well. You might have a different view of them though if you lived in CA, where politicians masturbate with equal fervor to the idea of disarming their citizenry by increments.
