Isn't it funny how much gun control advocates trust the government?

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No anonymous opinions and if you give me bullshit you will get bullshit.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I think for me, it’s just that if a government does something, there’s absolutely nothing I can do to defend myself against, my fate is 100% sealed because I don’t have a prayer against weapons of mass destruction. That’s just an always-threat I put in the back of my mind the way I’d do for an illness like cancer. I might just show up to the doctor one day and they’ll tell me I’m dying, and nothing I could’ve done before or after could’ve helped it, it was just tough luck. I’m no match for weapons of mass destruction just like I’m no match for a terminal illness.

Individual humans, that’s a little different. Those are who I would identify as more likely threats to me pursuing what’s in my own best interests. We DO have a prayer of stopping one or a few crazy asshole (s) armed with small weaponry like a gun. We’re designed by nature to box it out with our fists, that’s it. That’s been circumvented, unfortunately, and now we’ve decided it’s normal to be able to kill one another while out of each other’s reach. Same applies for bows and arrows, spears, whatever, as soon as you stop it from being Human #1’s brute strength vs Human #2’s brute strength, we’ve run afoul of natural processes, and that’s what offends me, much more so than the actual violence. I just don’t want to see the genetically inferior defeating the genetically superior in physical conflicts, because that’s simply just not how life on Earth is meant to work. I don’t like disruptions to Earth’s natural processes and systems, bottom line. How we individually feel about any of it emotionally is ultimately irrelevant, “what we want” just doesn’t matter one iota.

RolandCuthbert · Accepted Answer

Yes, because I doubt your ability to discern reality from your fantasies. I doubt your ability to understand your biases, your background and upbringing. And I am certain that you would perceive threats where there are none and violence where people are playing around.

Harvey Benford, a 72-year-old living in Cincinnati fatally shot his 14-year-old son, Georta Mack, in the neck one morning in January 2016. The boy had returned home to play hooky from school; Benford, startled to hear somebody in the house, mistook him for a burglar and pulled the trigger. Holding a piece of cloth to the bullet wound, Benford carried his son to the front porch so the EMS team could find them right away.

Brandon Phillips, then 29, fatally shot his cousin Calem Copeland, a 24-year-old Army veteran, in October 2016. Phillips told investigators that he fired when Copeland jumped out from around a corner to try to prank him, according to an incident report from the Toombs County, Georgia, sheriff’s office and the 911 call reporting the shooting. The hallway was dim and Phillips didn’t know his cousin was in the house, he said.

In November 2016, Pauline Lloyd, 51 at the time, fatally shot her boyfriend, 50-year-old Kelvin Watford, inside their Trenton, New Jersey, home. She thought he was away on a business trip and that someone had broken in, she told the 911 dispatcher. “He’s dead. I can’t do anything. I can’t do anything,” she sobbed into the phone. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

Aerissa_Jade · Accepted Answer

Most gun control advocates don't trust the police, so go figure. They are defund the police and yet trust the government to protect them at the same time, after they remove the ability for people to protect themselves.

They are also delusional in thinking that somehow if all guns were outlawed that there would be no guns anywhere. Despite the fact that the gun trafficking is right after drug trafficking and can't be stopped.

Doesn't matter if guns are going south into Mexico, or coming in from Mexico, goes both ways. If they can't keep people out, how would they keep guns out?

Plus people can make their own, gunsmiths are a real thing. It won't be long before people can easily use a 3d printer to print a gun.

I was told flat out to my face by a Democrat, that I should just be the victim of a crime such as rape then report it to the police afterwards and let the system work. If I got killed, it was for the greater good to stop mass shootings. If the system failed, oh well therapy fixes everything.

Right, my death would be for the greater good, easy for them to say. I'd rather the criminals death be for the greater good of society.

We need far less gun control, try removing some of the 30,000+ gun laws in the country and enforce the ones that really matter.

Then I laugh when a liberal will say, we just need to keep guns out of people with mental issues, but they mean that those with depression shouldn't have them, thus 90% of people in the US wouldn't be allowed a gun. Rape victims or vets with PTSD wouldn't be allowed them.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

A politician can't just wake up one morning pissed off at the world and launch a nuke. There's a whole lot of safeguards in place. But there's absolutely nothing stopping you going on a mass shooting.

Datboi65 · Answer

So rather than fighting corruption in government you opt to instead think that going to war with the government is the best idea?

OK then, let's use that logic. For arguments sake, let's assume that there was a purge event that's taking place and that the government has opted to go full berserk mode on its citizens. Do you really believe that some pistols, hunting rifles and semi-automatic guns would get the job done against the latest cutting-edge tracking technology and the most advanced state-of the-art weaponry? There's a reason the US invests upwards of $700B on its military.

Also, what I find hilarious is that often those who advocate for guns are also the ones that advocate for having a large military. So by your own logic, you are trusting the government to protect you against other forces, but that same government you cannot fully trust to not attack you? What if they use all $700B of their resources against you, then what? A few AR-15s are not going to work against nuclear weapons, I don't care if you have the numerical advantage. You're shooting yourself in the foot (no puns intended) by agreeing to have a large military, but then assuming that that military is going to attack.

The US government isn't innocent. However, one thing is for sure, if they wanted you gone you will be gone. It's the doomsday preppers that I think you should be worried more about.

Lliam · Answer

If one looks at data and statistics, they'll realize that gun violence in the U. S. is actually not common. But there has been a decades long war to get rid of second amendment protections. The war is funded by uber-(New World Order)-elites like Bloomberg, who create astroturf organizations. They publish false and misleading information while suppressing information that doesn't support their narrative. Mainstream media is in on it.

So, right off the bat, "gun control" supporters are brainwashed. Their opinions are based on agreement with the consensus, as opposed to independent research and reason.

They will jump through hoops to rationalize their beliefs, even if that means being hypocritical.

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The question isn't so much about whether people trust government. (If they do, they are idiots, but that's beside the point). It's whether or not they think the government will protect them under all circumstances.

People need the means to be self reliant in case of emergencies.

ArtemisSilver · Answer

It's not funny so much as it is disturbing.

Where you see the population disarmed you see the rise of tyrants, be they criminals, or the extremes of the authoritarian right or left.

Right now we're starting to see crime get out of control in Canada, and the new gun policies aren't making things any better.

Sun_Kim-Ai · Answer

I think it depends on the kind of government. I'm an elected official, I've received death threats which the police won't investigate; and I still got crap for carrying a gun with my license, in full respect of the law.

Some people even called me a Nazi because it'a a Walther P38.

Darklydarkened · Answer

You do know that government, governs it's guns. And if they want to annihilate all earth, your pesky assault rifles won't mean a thing and allowing random civilians having any weapon they choose is way chancier than government having ample supply for defence?

This_Is_My_Opinion8 · Answer

Guns were supposed to be a tool for the population to defend itself from the government if necessary.

That would make sense at a time when we fought with muskets. Today they have drones and tanks. Random dudes with AK-47s are not going to have a chance.

And look at any county that you want without that gun policy where the population has every right that they need. Guns wouldn't stop anything and it's silly to be afraid of that thing to begin with.

joeldalton · Answer

I don't know how any same person trusts the government after the past two years.

LiamJHayden · Answer

It's due to ignorance of history, even recent history.

Avicenna · Answer

Excellent point. As you know, it’s all about have control of others, people they don’t like and have dehumanized.

Dargil · Answer

The reason it's not funny is how scary it is. Next stop: Zeig Heil!

boobliker · Answer

I love guns and But can't have one here in the UK I was a member of the police (Cop's) club so I could play with all types of guns  but that got stopped for control in the people

Soteris · Answer

Actually yes, I do trust the government more with nukes than you with a handgun without adult supervision. How is this even a question? People are fucking dumb as rocks most of the time where as the government at least are semi-competent.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

You can show them  exactly  what happens and they will still insist that gun control is the way to go.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

They have not learned from history.

OddBeMe · Answer

Trusting gun nuts hasn’t gone well for us.

Isn't it funny how much gun control advocates trust the government?

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