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The simple fact of the matter is that you cannot ban firearms in the US. There are too many of them and too many people who would choose violent confrontation o
by LyndsySimon 9y ago
The simple fact of the matter is that you cannot ban firearms in the US. There are too many of them and too many people who would choose violent confrontation over compliance should it come to that.
Forget "politically", gun confiscation cannot be successful on a practical level.
- actsasbuffoon 9y agoThat fascinates me. Large numbers of Australians voluntarily handed over their guns when Australia’s gun control laws went into effect. Why would Americans be so much more resistant?
- LyndsySimon 9y agoIn short, because it has never been the expectation of Americans that the government has any right to demand it of them. Note that the US Constitution doesn't grant the right to arms; it merely recognizes it. By what authority does would a government seek to take a right that it never had the power to grant?