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So, left-leaning citizens want the government to enact stricter gun control laws. I understand why. Other than making a constitutional or even pragmatic argument against this idea is to ask why these same people do not apply this "gun control" standard to the bearer of the largest and most deadliest weaponry on Earth - the government. It is the government that owns countless nuclear warheads, bombers, jet fighters, tanks, artillery, etc. It is the militarized police forces that own countless automatic AR-15's. These WMDs can and have caused 100,000's of deaths over the last several decades, FAR MORE than citizenry gun violence.
I will commit to disarming citizens if those who support gun control agree to disarm the government in the same fashion. What will be the typical response to this post? Will it be negative because "the government is there to protect us with their weapons"? If that were true, then they have absolutely failed to protect us or else these massacres would not have happened. And also, what purpose does the millions of guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens serve (see underlined above). Will they shrug and say, "our government is a democracy not a totalitarian dictatorship". I say to that, just look at how easily a democracy can turn into a brutal dictatorship if you vote in the wrong party or candidate (*cough* Trump).
There is a massive outcry over citizen gun violence in this country, and rightly so. But there's a barely a peep from any mainstream media or gun control advocate about the countless thousands of innocent [foreign] civilians massacred by our own government in the name of nation-building and national security. A little consistency in action and thought is all I ask. Why not direct your passion for gun control on those owning and freely using the biggest, deadliest guns on Earth?
Thanks.
I will commit to disarming citizens if those who support gun control agree to disarm the government in the same fashion. What will be the typical response to this post? Will it be negative because "the government is there to protect us with their weapons"? If that were true, then they have absolutely failed to protect us or else these massacres would not have happened. And also, what purpose does the millions of guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens serve (see underlined above). Will they shrug and say, "our government is a democracy not a totalitarian dictatorship". I say to that, just look at how easily a democracy can turn into a brutal dictatorship if you vote in the wrong party or candidate (*cough* Trump).
There is a massive outcry over citizen gun violence in this country, and rightly so. But there's a barely a peep from any mainstream media or gun control advocate about the countless thousands of innocent [foreign] civilians massacred by our own government in the name of nation-building and national security. A little consistency in action and thought is all I ask. Why not direct your passion for gun control on those owning and freely using the biggest, deadliest guns on Earth?
Thanks.