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Given how great the military has already gone up, do you really think giving people guns would make it harder for the government to suddenly decide to take it all over?
Knowing the destructive ability of the military machine first hand, I'd tell you that even arming people with rocket launchers wouldn't do much good - its more likely the soldiers decide to fight for freedom rather than the oppressive government.
Of course that is all hypothetical.
Anyways I have little issue with people owning small arms. Hell I have some of my own. I don't like the thought of people owning rocket launchers, RPGs, cannons, and machine guns though - not what I'd like to see driving down the street anyways.
And to be honest, most everyone is living under the existing order. Heck, wanting to live under one branch / style is still living under another. I'm not so concerned about revolting against the government right now though in so much I am concerned about them deciding to monitor everything.
There are more issues far more likely to take away our freedoms with an air of legitimacy than an illegitimate move to take over the country.
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