Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: President Obama: 2nd Amendment is Constitutional Right. [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)I want the option of staging armed rebellion against a corrupt and tyrannical United States government, if the state of said government becomes dire enough, severe enough, abusive enough and imminent enough to be considered an active threat to the continued well being of myself, my family and my friends, and of the people I care about. If the government comes to take Jews or Gays or Blacks or Women or anyone -else- away without due process or cause, I want the option to protect them. It disturbs me beyond belief that you -don't-, and would quietly sit and watch as your friends and family are rounded up for no reason.
You want to talk Civil War? During the civil war, the majority of all firearms were acquired from Europe, numbering around three quarter of a million, outnumbering both the North and the South overall firearms by 150%. Likewise, after the war began and escalated, American arms manufacturers upped annual production a -thousand- percent to maintain the Union's firearms, while the South ended up purchasing close to 600,000 firearms, over DOUBLE their starting amount of rifles; home-owned firearms played little role in the Civil War, which you'd know if you bothered to look up a damned thing.
Personally? I value firearms for their historical value as well as their actual value, and I enjoy firing them for the visceral thrill of explosions and the skill required to hit a target actively. I have never purchased a gun for defense, and I don't plan to (I don't much like handguns.)
You want the naked truth? I support the rights of people to buy what they want, when they want. A woman wants an abortion? Sure. A man wants a gun? Sure. The moral and irrational objection to -both- of those controversial topics is "They kill people". In my mind, if you try to take the ability to purchase a weapon away from anyone, you are every bit as Anti-Choice as the "pro-life" camp; You want to deny rights based on an arbitrary and irrational fear of a falsely extrapolated result.
You're wrong, you know you're wrong, and you're twisting in the wind. Every point you've made has been wrong, and your moral objections stomp directly on rights as outlined by both the Constitution of the United States and the Democratic administration currently holding office. You're touting an extreme-right Conservative viewpoint of denial of civil liberties, and you're doing so irrationally enough so as to make -real- policy change on gun control impossible by making your side look like a bunch of loons on par with any far-right wingnut.
Good day to you, sir. I wait eagerly for a coherent response to my post, but I'd bet good money that you're too afraid to do so. Knowledge is power, mate: You -really- need to arm yourself. Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.