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Do they really curb the power though? What is one reasonable scenario of a thing the government may want to do, that we could stop because we have a firearm.
by ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
Do they really curb the power though?
What is one reasonable scenario of a thing the government may want to do, that we could stop because we have a firearm.
I have a gun, and I don't think the government really has a right to tax me for an unjust undeclared war. If I don't pay my taxes, I don't think the United States military or law enforcement cares that I may be armed.
- malvosenior 9y agoI think the police would be even more aggressive if they knew citizens were unarmed.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoI think the police are more aggresssive because they know any citizen can be armed
- malvosenior 9y agoWhen there’s a power imbalance, it’s sadly human nature to exploit it and become aggressive. For instance: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThere are so many guns, police have to assume everyone is armed in dangerous. So accidental shootings by police of innocent civilians is significant and, unfortunately in our society, seen as mostly unavoidable. This is completely unrelated to the Stanford experiment.