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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
The anti-gun control stance has been veiled with the aura of an almost mystical interpretation of patriotism and revolutionary heroism when really it is quite mundane. A stance that has, apparently, been swallowed hook, line and sinker by a lot of people. Either that or they just like the feeling they get when they think about it in those picturesque terms.
Some participants on this thread may not agree with that summation, yet no one really put forth much effort to enlighten me any differently. I am looking for evidence that there is some connection (in America) between gun ownership and an organized resistance to government tyranny...rather than just a bunch of people who really like guns. Not saying there's anything wrong with liking guns...just that that's all there is to it.
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There will not be much of a connection between the right to bear arms and organized resistence until things get much worse. I don't understand why you would expect to see one under today's conditions. Even when the government fails and the economic and money systems collapse, resistence will only come if the corrupt government goes all out to maintain power in a tyrannical manner.
Do you not believe those of us who think that the right to bear arms may be important someday since all governments on Earth eventually become corrupt and fail? Do you think armed resistence will be futile anyway so why even try? Having a healthy mistrust of our government does not seem like swallowing a mundane or mystical interpretation of patriotism to me. Many of us really believe that it may become necessary to forcefully resist a tyrannical government someday or at least have the ability to threaten to do so.