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I won't say that banning guns leads to tyranny in absolutely every instance, but it sure makes it easier.
by monochromatic 14y ago
I won't say that banning guns leads to tyranny in absolutely every instance, but it sure makes it easier.
- tome 14y agoI don't think anyone here will disagree with you on that point, but many will say they don't believe the trade-off is worth it.
- monochromatic 14y agoI dunno what to say to that, other than "wow." That is just a shocking amount of honesty.
- tome 14y agoAre you serious? You really think that the UK, France, Canada, Australia, Sweden etc. etc. are at such a risk of tyranny from their governments that they should expose their children to more random shootings to reduce the risk?
- monochromatic 14y agoYes, I am serious. And "exposing their children to more random shootings" is not an acceptable rationale for disarming a populace. Look at the odds of dying in a random shooting. Compare them to just about anything. Car accidents and swimming pools kill FAR more children.
- curiousdannii 14y agoGot an example where guns which were allowed were then banned by a government which then turned tyrannical?
- giardini 14y agoGermany under Hitler, Russia under Stalin, China under Mao, Cambodia under Pol Pot, Uganda under Idi Amin for starters.
- curiousdannii 14y agoI'm no expert, but compared to the Weimar Republic it looks like Nazi Germany relaxed gun control considerably, unless you were Jewish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Germany
- monochromatic 14y agounless you were Jewish That's kind of a big "unless." Good article here: http://libertarianstandard.com/2013/01/14/was-hitler-really-anti-gun-control/ http://libertarianstandard.com/2013/01/14/was-hitler-really-...