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RE: I Am A Proud Gun Owner, NRA Trained And Certified. Mass Shootings Would Not Happen Without Guns.
I don't own a gun (unfortunately), but I absolutely agree with and promote gun ownership for the sake of defense against tyranny. People like to pretend that an armed citizenry would stand no chance against a tyrannical government, but I don't think there's any evidence to support that idea, especially when you notice that effective tyrannies reeeeeeealy like to disarm the citizens before going full-Stalin.
Always.
Also they seem to be having a relatively tough time with less sophisticated enemies. Look at the terrorists. Or Vietnam.
I wish I lived in a world with overseers I could trust.
It is easier. But you know, the tyrant always stands and falls with the army. If the army steps aside, no tyrant can defend his palace even against unarmed citizens. That is the reason why countries, the more tyrannical they are, the more the pay for the army.
But let me ask another way: 33'000 people dies in the US in the last year because of guns. That makes more then 3 million people in the last century. Don't you think it needs a bloody bloody tyrant to reach that numbers? One who is backed by the army, an military that consists of everyday people? How could that happen?