“We hold these truths to be self-evident......governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever a government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it...”
one of the MOST IMPORTANT PHRASES in the Declaration, and, of course IMPOSSIBLE without access to firearms. And the Emotion Pimp in the White House knows it.
Yep. The next overreaching law they pass, might be the straw that broke the long-suffering camel’s back.
Would you surrender your semi-auto pistols and rifles, if so ordered?
I wouldn’t, and neither would millions of us. The statists might be calculating that this is just the crisis they need, to totally crack down on and smash the “bitter clingers.”
Classic overreach. A law too far.
Criminals and assassins often use guns to commit their crimes because they are in fact the most effective and also most convenient means to their ends.
They are also the most effective way to prevent criminal activity and this is not just for convenience.
Even if we lived in a total dictatorship with all weapons banned, the criminal element would still find all the weapons they would ever need.
I have read that one reason Robert Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn despite being outnumbered 3 to 1, was that many of the Scottish fighters used their farming tools as weapons. Since they used them on a daily basis they were very familiar with how they handled.
A screwdriver makes a fine dagger, a kitchen knife works on people too. A bucket of gasoline and a match would likely kill everyone in a schoolroom. An axe is a fearsome weapon as is a short shovel, a pitchfork or a hiking stick.
Gun control not only doesn’t prevent crime, it helps the criminal element while harming the innocent.