Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Do you believe individual gun ownership prevents dictatorship, or could do so? [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)gaining power, we are nowhere near the point where any citizen should consider fighting our government.
If any "patriots" are reading this and feel now is the time to fight, let me remind you that in order to be successful you would need the support of at least 40% to 50% of your fellow citizens. Turn down the volume of your conservative talk program for a few minutes and relax.
In the upcoming debate on gun control lots of ideas will be purposed and conservatives will strongly oppose many. Some Democrats will suggest bans and confiscation of certain or all firearms. All this is simply rhetoric and hot air. I predict there will be some changes to our current federal gun laws but they will be relatively minor although you may disagree with them.
Perhaps 20 to 50 years from now there will be good reason to take up arms against a true dictatorship or tyranny. Store your firearms safely and keep them oiled. Go to the polls and vote.
I'm now 66 and during my lifetime I have seen a lot of change and turmoil in our nation. I personally feel that while we still have major problems, we live in a much better nation today than the one I grew up in during the 50s and 60s.
Right now the pendulum is swinging in a liberal direction but sometime in the near future it will swing back in a conservative direction. I'm seen this happen many times and have no reason to believe that the ship of state has run aground or tipped over. We are just traveling through some stormy seas.