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I have a question for you - if the people of the United States are disarmed, by what right does the government remain armed?

• Frondo 11y ago
  Because we entrust certain actors to be the enforcers of laws in society. This is the way societies have worked since the dawn of time; we aren't all charged with upholding laws, we give that task out to people to have that be their job.
  • nickff 11y ago
    This is in fact not how "societies have worked since the dawn of time".[1] The innovation of the monopoly of use of violence by the state is a relatively recent one, and not demonstrably necessary or sufficient to maintain an orderly and just society.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence
  • merpnderp 11y ago
    The 2nd amendment was added based on how societies have worked since the dawn of time. Keep in mind that even in our "modern" era ~100,000,000 people were murdered by their own governments in the 20th century.