I don't have a death wish today, but I'd like to be prepared for the worst, and I don't give a damn about the law. The law is the lowest form of Gangsterism, as Dec put it. And on that I fully agree. I have made some attempts to get hold of illegal guns, but not full-hearted ones. It's quite easy if you know the right people, though. The thing is that the ones who sell illegal weapons here only do it to people whom they trust to 100%, which is fully understandable.
And here we come to agreement again. The person who
is not desperate for a weapon, will have difficulty, as their
life is worth more - and they don't wish to risk their comfort.
I know all that. It's a disgrace. No American should fear their government. The government, if abusing its power, should fear the people. I think that private citizens should have the right to have any kind of weaponry that the military has, including cannons, tanks and missiles. It may sound crazy, but I don't see that such weapons in civilian hands would be a greater threat to the US than the government having a "monopoly" on them.
The problem is that weapons have gotten too
potent (and expensive). Having nukes available to
the public may SEEM a good idea for freedom, but
when it comes down to it, someone like you or I would
end up leveling a city, if we could get them.
Tanks aren't too big a deal, but military planes and
heavy artillery could be pretty damned devastating
as well. Without the full array of weapons available,
and the training (in formation) to use them, no rabble,
is going to be able to stand up to the military. Thus, the
days of the people, with some right to rebellion was actually
over more or less as soon as it began.
So, the question lies not where we'd like it - on the right to
revolt - but on the safety issue. And here, I don't agree that
the world is all that much safer with everyone packing. Though,
they'd probably be more polite, which might be worth it, in and
of itself.
