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I guess it's me, but this while system and all those scared comments here of people afraid to have the gov. Know which guns you have, completely baffel me. I ex

by NKCSS 10y ago

I guess it's me, but this while system and all those scared comments here of people afraid to have the gov. Know which guns you have, completely baffel me. I expected some smart individuals here, being able to recognise how weird this whole attitude is, but I am sorely dissapointed.

hga 10y ago
Smart is orthogonal to this issue, unless you consider it a synonym for wise (and few young smart people are also wise, something that's been notes for millennia). Educated or knowledgeable is all you need, those who know about the history of confiscations and often genocides following gun registration are of course afraid to let the government know. Or let me ask you, how do you know the government will stay as minimally benevolent as it already is? Especially with it's trending not so benevolent in the last few decades, as, for example, peace officers morphed into warrior cops? The War on (Some) Drugs, anyone?? What else might dissuade you of this notion you implicitly admit to? Weird? Disappointed? We're out-grouped? Maybe so, but that doesn't mean we're actually wrong, you know.
- NKCSS 10y ago
  Maybe it's because I live in a country where I am not afraid of the government and see the state of the US Vs. countries here in Europe where having a firearm is prohibited; I just don't get it. It feels the same like telling a 3 year old it's not allowed to handle a chefs knife on their own, but it gets mad because dad said it was OK, it will get mad if you take it way because someone said it was OK before, even though it's not the smart thing to do or in the best interest of the child.
  - hga 10y ago
    My god, according to your website and whois info, you're in the Netherlands. As I relate in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12425485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12425485 in living memory, invaders have used your country's gun registration list to confiscate all the people's firearms, with public execution of whole families as a penalty for not producing a gun on the list. Oh, and owning a firearm in Europe is most certainly not prohibited, and that's not counting Switzerland, although the reported figures for the Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_c... look close to a total de jure prohibition. I guess the post-WWII ruling class was satisfied with what the Nazis wrought on its people; you certainly are....
    - NKCSS 10y ago
      So, you're afraid of the 2nd (third?) coming of the third reich, that would occupy the united states, andabuse a gun registration lis? It would seem you'd have a whole slew of bigger problems...

by NKCSS 10y ago

hga 10y ago

Smart is orthogonal to this issue, unless you consider it a synonym for wise (and few young smart people are also wise, something that's been notes for millennia). Educated or knowledgeable is all you need, those who know about the history of confiscations and often genocides following gun registration are of course afraid to let the government know. Or let me ask you, how do you know the government will stay as minimally benevolent as it already is? Especially with it's trending not so benevolent in the last few decades, as, for example, peace officers morphed into warrior cops? The War on (Some) Drugs, anyone?? What else might dissuade you of this notion you implicitly admit to? Weird? Disappointed? We're out-grouped? Maybe so, but that doesn't mean we're actually wrong, you know.

NKCSS 10y ago
Maybe it's because I live in a country where I am not afraid of the government and see the state of the US Vs. countries here in Europe where having a firearm is prohibited; I just don't get it. It feels the same like telling a 3 year old it's not allowed to handle a chefs knife on their own, but it gets mad because dad said it was OK, it will get mad if you take it way because someone said it was OK before, even though it's not the smart thing to do or in the best interest of the child.
- hga 10y ago
  My god, according to your website and whois info, you're in the Netherlands. As I relate in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12425485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12425485 in living memory, invaders have used your country's gun registration list to confiscate all the people's firearms, with public execution of whole families as a penalty for not producing a gun on the list. Oh, and owning a firearm in Europe is most certainly not prohibited, and that's not counting Switzerland, although the reported figures for the Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_c... look close to a total de jure prohibition. I guess the post-WWII ruling class was satisfied with what the Nazis wrought on its people; you certainly are....
  - NKCSS 10y ago
    So, you're afraid of the 2nd (third?) coming of the third reich, that would occupy the united states, andabuse a gun registration lis? It would seem you'd have a whole slew of bigger problems...