That was the case as recently as the 1960s. The only thing that has changed is the liberals' unwillingness to hold people responsible for their own actions. Everyone is a victim nowadays. Sexual predators are sentenced lightly and then murder little girls when paroled. Presidents perjure themselves and get a pass from the US Senate. Cub Scouts are not allowed to carry pocket knives at school.
Would YOU harm your neighbor with an anti-aircraft gun or a tank? I doubt it. Why, then, don't you expect the same restraint from all of your fellow citizens? Why is the solution to societies problems more and more prior restraint? We are making our rules such that little or no discipline is required from even the least well-behaved among us.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were not concerned with what people might do with a cannon or a warship? They expected power to be handled responsibly and punished those who failed to do so. Why do you see things so differently than Washington or Jefferson?
haha.....you mean those slave owners.....Washington and Jefferson.......well cause even though you and I wouldn't hurt others with a howitzer, the world is different know and there are people that would and the gov't has to protect us in some things....sad to say........need to go and eat dinner and watch the god awful oscars.......see ya later......