As for ‘tightening’ the gun-control laws in the United States, I do not see that a ban on ‘assault-weapons’ or larger magazines would have prevented any of the recent tragedies so long as semi-automatic pistols were still available.
The Second Amendment? While I don’t think it is a good argument for gun ownership I cannot see any US government ever changing it, however, let me say this…
…if there was no Second Amendment and the government did turn ‘tyrannical’, do you think the citizens of the United States would not rise-up against that government just because they were not given that ‘right’ by a piece of paper?
I did not take time to read every post in this thread, but will say, if it has not been already said, and it probably has, the Second Amendment exists to protect the people from the government.
The is the ONLY reason it exists.
If it did not exist the government would be very busy disarming the public as had been done in Chicago, and New Orleans during hurricane Katrina. (A law was passed to prevent that from ever happening again as the disarmed people were literally beset by criminals after being disarmed.)
As for “assault weapons” the only real one ever which was the STG 44, people can, if there record is clean obtain full-auto weapos.
If they truly wish to deal with them a far lower prices, they may obatain a class 3, or more liberal class 2 permit which allows them to to most destructive devices that are man portable.
Again they must have a clean record and be able to aford the price to renew the permit every x number of years.
The term assault weapons as now bandied about in the U.S. came about as gun magazine about thirty years ago, had an article with the glaring headline “assault weapon” in it. Before that the term was UNKNOWN, except for the STG 44.
After the left wing nutters started using it to attack gun owners the magazine printed an editorial in which they heavily regretted ever using such an asinine headline as a sales gimmick for that issue.
I will not give the magazines name as I am fairly sure which one it was but not positive.
I have multiple firearms, and by today’s bevy of ignorant talking TV heads standards, enough ammunition to make them apoplectic.
The National Guard of each State, is technically controlled by Governor of each State
Technically they can refuse the Presidents order to call them up, except in a state of declared war.
If you think that the weekend soldiers, many of whom are the very people Washington wants so badly to control the civilian arms of, are going to go marching out like little robots and shoot down there Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, etc., guess again.
You not in the States cannot do so, but if you could, the opinion you would hear of Washington, not just the President, from people returning from deployment would give you a large education as to how likely they are to shoot down their own people, and why Washington really wants to disarm the populace.
The National Guard had turned into a club of boys who played army once in a awhile, now they are hardened veterans, no longer ignorant.
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