If you don’t, no need to reply telling me you don’t. I live in the woods with some critters. I live pretty far from neighbors/police so having a gun gives me peace of mind. I also hunt and consider myself a gun hobbiest. I enjoy shooting targets, cleaning/organizing, reloading and earning food with guns.
I wish that was the case here (Michigan, USA). We have had two in recent memory.
What are your thoughts on firearms ownership in the US, given what has happened to our government lately? Do you see merit in the idea of civilian ownership of small arms in our current circumstances?
If people in the US still believe a rogue government can be reined in by a handful of armed idiots, well, I’ve got a bridge for sale.
The less people have guns, the better. Less accidents, less murder and suicides, less school shootings, and less guns being bought and stolen by criminals.
And one big part of the problem is that people who should not have access to anything more dangerous than a stick can still get their hands on guns in the US.
No question that banning guns reduces all of those things. In Germany it also made it easier to round up Jews, homosexuals and other undesirables in the middle of the last century. I don’t think that human nature has changed since then. Is civilian gun ownership the only thing preventing similar behavior in the US? Or is it irrelevant as I infer that you believe? I don’t think that there is a definitive answer.
There is merit in many of the different points of view on the subject. Unfortunately, most arguments around gun ownership and bans are fear-based. That makes rational discussion very difficult. It also makes it easy to demonize people who don’t agree with you.
If the Jews and other minorities had guns in Germany 90 years ago is similarly irrelevant as having guns in the US nowadays.
Or do you actually believe a few wannabe freedumb fighters would actually stop a rogue US government?
Thats how it works in some European countries right? Most people aren’t even trusted to carry a utility pocket knife.
“Handful of armed idiots” Do you consider 108 MILLION Americans to be a handful???
I noticed that you aren’t arguing with the “idiots” part. We have a lot more than a handful of those…
I didn’t argue with the idiots part because its subjective and impossible to realistically quantify.