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Originally Posted by dc_dux
IMO, its delusional and a bogus argument that gun control will somehow lead to a dictatorship.
I believe the safeguards in our system will prevent that....it certainly has for 200+ years.
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I agree that playing the Nazi card in the way it was used was a cheap shot.
However, I think it would have been entirely appropriate to point out that under Nazi Germany gun registration preceded confiscation. This has been a trend over and over again by governments making power plays (as well as relatively liberal states) and is not unique to Germany.
The safeguards in our system should prevent a slow slide towards dictatorship....the 2'nd amendment is one of those safeguards.
I personally feel we are eroding ALL of our constitutional safeguards and that most of the Amendments as they are interpreted today would make our founding fathers roll over in their graves.
The 2'nd Amendment is simply one of them, but it represents perhaps the last refuge of a scared populace....Our government isn't bad, but if we remove those safeguards now because we have nothing to fear, future generations may have no recourse against a tyrannical gov.