05-16-2019, 07:08 PM
(05-16-2019, 06:10 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I find it amusing when people who brag about being "law abiding citizens" support citizens taking up arms against law enforcement officers and soldiers. Who gets to decide when a citizen has the right to shoot a law enforcement officer?
I agree that people who want to outlaw all guns are irrational, but not because I think they should use them against police officers and soldiers.
If soldiers or police are part of an oppressive government in which a citizen militia must rise up to overthrow, then it may be necessary. This was, after all, the intention of the founding fathers when you read their writings. Of course, how many would remain with the police or military? Hard to say. Look at the situation in Venezuela where plenty of police and military are among the ranks of the non-loyalist side.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
