Does the government have the right to regulate the people's failsafe against it?

Chakas · May 30, 2018, 10:44:23 PM

T4R. I think not. It eliminates the purpose. I refer of course to the Second Amendment. I believe all gun laws are unconstitutional and the government has no right to regulate the people's failsafe against it. The Second Amendment is meant to counter the corruptible nature of man on a scale larger than violent crime.

Batch · May 30, 2018, 10:48:59 PM

You have no rights, so take this Automatic rifle and keep the country safe

Chakas · May 30, 2018, 11:09:03 PM

Quote from: Batch on May 30, 2018, 10:48:59 PM

You have no rights, so take this Automatic rifle and keep the country safe

I'd rather have no rights and a rifle than no rights and no rifle.

Flee · May 31, 2018, 03:42:38 AM

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Jono · May 31, 2018, 04:05:10 AM

It's my constitutional right to own an M60

Super Irish · May 31, 2018, 05:59:44 AM

When you put it like that, it does sound like a conflict of interest.

"Right, so we get the Abrams, and you can have unlimited access to our armories of semi automatic rifles from the 1940's*"

*_{Providing you have the licenses and training to operate them.}

To be fair though, having unfetted access as "the people" would decide would be downright awful. Britain had that idea with the HomeGuard by giving them old Enfields (almost top of the range for the British Army then), and the rest almost free reign to have weapons (which some hilariously fashioned pikes in the hopes of defeating a German invasion).

The friendly-fire, accidental discharges and general lack of training meant a lot of casualties were recorded and many considered the Home Guard to be more of a succesful morale boost than an actual fighting force.

Letting "the people" do the decisions is bad, it's why you elect an governement to run shit. In theory.

FatherlyNick - fuck putin · May 31, 2018, 07:13:23 AM

If you really believe that your rifle might stop an evil government then you really do put the milk before the bowl...

Trump is still alive and well despite being a total nut. What is stopping anyone from actually using their legal right to shoot at corruption or tyranny?
Fucking do it already.

But you never did and you never will. You will continue lying to yourself that the gun(s) you have will protect you from an unjust ruler. Completely oblivious to the fact that a US president used fucking nukes on civilians before and if he really wanted, he could drop them on a particularly problematic state to force others into submission.

Genghis Khan · May 31, 2018, 07:30:09 AM

The government is evil. That is why I am very pro-gun.

Flee · May 31, 2018, 08:34:07 AM

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Does the government have the right to regulate the people's failsafe against it?

Does the government have the right to regulate the people's failsafe against it?