12-04-2015, 03:43 PM
(12-04-2015, 02:29 PM)Wyche Wrote: It's another way of Big Brother poking his nose where it doesn't belong, and as I said....people just don't trust them. They've done a pretty good job of earning that distrust.
First of all the government absolutely does have a right to regulate activity that is dangerous. We make everyone register their automobile and pass a test before being allowed to use one.
Second, the government has not done anything to earn the mistrust of the public. They have not taken away any sane, law abiding citizens guns. They have no US citizens as political prisoner. They are not eliminating any of our freedoms or suppressing protests.
The argument that the government will take up arms against its citizens seems ridiculous to me. First of all I don't believe the people in the military will just go along with orders to kill or imprison US citizens. Second of all, if the military did cooperate then no weapons any individual could possess would make any difference. Even anti-aircraft rocket launchers are of limited effect if you have no air power of your own. Your stash of assault rifles and "Don't Tread On Me" bandannas will get blown to pieces by a weapon fired from a place you can not even see.
