San Bernandino Shooting

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-04-2015, 03:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 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. 

Way to cherry pick...lol

As to bolded....JFK, Bay of Pigs, Gulf of Tonkin, NAFTA, and shit like Citizens United, Super Pacs, voting down campaign finance reform, and ALEC are enough to earn ANY amount of distrust from the public they are subject to.  Just what WOULD the government do to protect the corporate interests?  Money is a very powerful drug to some "men". More powerful than my unregistered Mossberg.