>2. Let’s see them actually ban them. There are 400 million guns in this country, and tens of billions of rounds of ammo. Good luck with that.
The Commies in Russia pulled it off. Make no mistake, we’ve had 20-30 years of pure Marxist education of young kids in this country along with importing another 50 million outsiders. Things could get very nasty.
“The Commies in Russia pulled it off. Make no mistake, we’ve had 20-30 years of pure Marxist education of young kids in this country along with importing another 50 million outsiders.”
I’m well aware of that - since my father’s side of the family is from there. The key differences are: 1) We have a LOT of history of civilians owning arms; 2) We have the benefit of having seen what can happen to a disarmed populace (in Russia, Germany, China, Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.); and 3) We have a LOT more guns per capita than Russia ever did.
“Things could get very nasty.”
Oh, yes, they could and likely will. But so long as the side that wants to ban guns understands that the nastiness won’t be all in one direction, and that NO target is off-limits, then we won’t have to find out exactly how nasty things could get. I’m betting on at least 10,000 highly-skilled and well-equipped operators going after government officials, media types and academics - AND THEIR FAMILIES - if such festivities ever get started. There is literally no force on Earth that can stop more than a tiny fraction of those people before they really impact the “debate” over the wisdom of confiscation. Oh, and those 10,000 will have 1 million or more who will be glad to hide them, feed them, get them information, equip them, etc.