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I'm not American and resent that individuals cannot arm themselves, if they choose to. We have no defence against the government and its agents. You may think
by verisimi 4y ago
I'm not American and resent that individuals cannot arm themselves, if they choose to.
We have no defence against the government and its agents. You may think the government is benign - I do not.
I could ignore government a lot easier, and its abilities to write special laws to sanction it doing whatever it likes, if I had the ability to defend myself.
So, you and I had better convince ourselves that the government really does have our interests at heart, because we have no other options.
- diego_moita 4y ago> We have no defence against the government and its agents. Oh, I am sorry to hear that. In both my native (Portugal) and adoptive (Canada) country we do have defences: votes, freedom of assembly and speech, passports,... They're far more effective than guns.
- verisimi 4y agoYou can choose red or blue and someone to represent you for 4-5 years (this is not democracy, its 'representative democracy' - the people choose nothing); you can't choose not to follow government edicts - eg shutting down schools, the economy; you do not have freedom of assembly (in Canada you can have your bank account frozen); in Canada you cannot travel by plane or train if you are not vaccinated; passports are a government id - not sure why this is a benefit to you; etc. But, as long as the governance system has you convinced its a good thing, it's all fine.
- 29083011397778 4y agoHow is a gun a defence for any of the above? Do you think shooting a cop would have left the freedom convoy better off?