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> So the police constantly feels threatened for good reason So should we take away rights so the government feels less threatened? That seems like the wrong re
by devmunchies 9y ago
> So the police constantly feels threatened for good reason
So should we take away rights so the government feels less threatened? That seems like the wrong reason.
- ajmurmann 9y agoI want to have the right to feel safe knowing that random people around me won't be carrying weapons made for the sole purpose of killing people. "The government" - that's supposed to be the way we organize ourselves and stand up together to above things we believe in as a nation. While that's not always working well talking about it as if its given that it's a malevolent, suppressive regime is only going to make things worse. The US finally needs to do its wild West mentality and arrive on the 21st century with the rest of the civilized world.
- madengr 9y agoThat’s the great thing about the USA. You don’t have the “right to feel safe”. I’ll keep my guns, thank you.
- ajmurmann 9y agoThat's surprising since we are putting a whole lot of money on making people feel safe from much less dangerous things.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoThat's a catch-22 isn't it? Asking the most armed government in the world to eliminate gun violence, by using their guns?
- ajmurmann 9y agoI'd hope we can get away from both armed government and armed citizens
- lmm 9y agoRespecting any right comes at a cost in human lives. We should think very carefully about which things we consider so important as to be worth elevating them to that kind of absolute. The cost:benefit of the second amendment is way out of proportion, IMO.