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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
lots of tools have practical uses. Why aren't you well regulated?
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I don't care for guns. I find that, in these pre-revolution times, they're much more trouble than they're worth. They make it too easy to kill, to easy to fundamentally change the balance of power between individuals. They are a tyranny of sorts. If you have a gun and I do not, you can have a great deal of power over me. Perhaps I've got a little libertarian in me because I don't like it when people can get power over me that they didn't earn. While I trust you personally with that power because I think I know you, I don't know everyone with a gun enough to trust them.
To answer your question more directly, I'm not well-regulated with a gun because a gun isn't the difference between liberty and tyranny. There are two things that one needs to be that line of defense: the ability to discern when the last line has been crossed and the willingness to fight. I suspect I have these, but we won't know until when and if that line is crossed. I look to places like Tunisia and Egypt to see what that line is and who has that willingness.