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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sat Jan 12, 2013, 05:52 PM Jan 2013

Do you believe individual gun ownership prevents dictatorship, or could do so? [View all]

(Note: I'll be starting this same poll in the Gun Control & RKBA...wondering what differences there might be in the responses between there and here.)

Given that somebody in the Pentagon has probably READ "The Art Of War", isn't it likely that, if there was an attempt to impose an actual violent police state on the U.S., those who did so(after gaining the Pentagon's cooperation)would amass unchallegeable force(including nuclear weapons, if necessary)to subdue the populace?

In addition to answering the poll questions, I'd like people here to discuss how realistic they think it would be to successfully carry out armed resistance against the imposition of a Federal dictatorship?

33 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, individual gun ownership can and does prevent dictatorship
	7 (21%)
	No, it doesn't and it can't
	26 (79%)
	not sure
	0 (0%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
	No Opinion
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you believe individual gun ownership prevents dictatorship, or could do so? [View all] Ken Burch Jan 2013 OP

Sure as hell didn't stop Hitler. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #1

Search kaboom15 Jan 2013 #17

Yes, but that law was only directed against all enemies of the state and "non-Aryans" in general.... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #20

Gun ownership BY ITSELF may not prevent dictatorship, but it didn't hurt the Founding Fathers derby378 Jan 2013 #2

the revolution was successful because Britain was so far away and the french were on our side..... bowens43 Jan 2013 #8

Without the French fleet and French ground troops thucythucy Jan 2013 #28

Sadam is the poster boy of why it is bunk. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #3

Yeah, because all of the countries with gun control have been taken over by Fascist dictatorships n2doc Jan 2013 #4

I'm not endorsing the proposition that guns stop tyranny Ken Burch Jan 2013 #10

I wasn't really addressing this to you, but to those folks voting 'yes' in your poll n/t n2doc Jan 2013 #11

Of course not and that was never the intent of the founding fathers...... bowens43 Jan 2013 #5

I'm not actuall ENDORSING the proposition behind the OP question. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #7

It doesn't and it can't. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #6

The purpose of the amendment had nothing to do with "tyrannical' Gov. and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #9

You are misusing words. former9thward Jan 2013 #16

no I am not, but thanks. and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #31

Apparently "Red Dawn" is three voters' favorite movie. 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #12

Will owning guns keep a bank from foreclosing on your house? Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #13

I think it encourages dictatorship. The 2 sides locked into that power struggle dominate patrice Jan 2013 #14

Not a magic insurance policy but it doesn't hurt. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #15

Under Saddam, every Iraqi household was allowed one AK47 arely staircase Jan 2013 #18

To be honest, it might hold it back..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #19

Not really, no Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #21

The 2A only lets us attempt to not be willing victims. ileus Jan 2013 #22

Using nukes to subdue your own population? JVS Jan 2013 #23

I was using it to illustrate the idea of not fighting unless you went into the battle Ken Burch Jan 2013 #25

It helps wannabe dictators form armed gangs to overthrow the elected government. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #24

I voted no. bitchkitty Jan 2013 #26

Dictatorships are installed without violence; They are overthrown by decay and outside force. FarCenter Jan 2013 #27

Individual gun ownership did nothing for Shay's Rebellion, thucythucy Jan 2013 #29

Individual Gun ownsership is irrelevenat in the face of a military discatorship Oakenshield Jan 2013 #30