| It's a myth that the right to bear arms is a sufficient safeguard against tyrannical government. You mean that if the President turns into a despot tomorrow, you guys who are armed with rifles and handguns can stop him? I mean realistically, you mean that the right to bear arms by private citizens ensures that those citizens can stand up against perhaps the most powerful war machine the world has ever known? Come on.
Surely, the most important safeguard against tyranny in this country is its system of checks and balances and the values and education this country has given to its citizens for the past 200 odd years. In America, if we don't like our leaders, we can remove him every 4 years and our armed forces will defend this principle whoever happens to occupy the White House. That is our safeguard; not the right to bear arms. |