How did guns in the US become so beloved?

Does it all come down to the second amendment?

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Allelse · 36-40, M

It all goes back to their rebellion. All about taking up arms and fighting the great and evil tyrant!!! When truth be told the war was won by real soldiers, and while the militia certainly had their part to play, the war was not won by mad nutters taking their fowling pieces off the wall, to go take shots at redcoats; I mean the yanks are all "We saved the French in WW2" All while forgetting the frogs saved them in War of Independence. Which is ironic in the end. You see, there was a war where the English kicked the French out of America, 7 years war and to help pay for that war the British raised taxes on the Colonies, fair enough which was one of the things, that those stuck up wankers like Jefferson had a problem with, which then led to their little rebellion. That and alot of the folk who left Europe to settle in America had the approach of "You cant tell me what to do!!! I'll go make my own country!!!".

I mean why everyday folk feel they need to 'protect their homes!!' is beyond me. I mean the Indians, well, fair enough, and even that lot, Geronimo and the like were some of the best guirilla fighters in the world lost or gave up in the end. Oh sure! Crazy Horse got lucky but that didn't last that long. If some mad nutter doesn't want to give up his guns, what fucking use is he going to be against properly trained soldiers, going in to take him out? Even if a bunch of redneck yahoos go guirilla in Colorado or West Virginia, there wont be enough of them to make much of an effect, that and I doubt many of them will be united in anything but their hatred for the Us government.

I think in the end it comes to insecurity!! Yanks like to own guns because it gives them the illusion that they are safe, safe from their government, safe from robbers and safe from each other. When really their government could come a knocking with the full force of the united states armed forces, and a few fat fucks armed with rifles out in Maine, or Florida somewhere wouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it.

PersianRoseVA · 31-35, F

@Allelse I hate to agree with this.

Allelse · 36-40, M

@PersianRoseVA Have or hate?

acpguy · C

@Allelse I see it has really worked for the UK where you have murders not only with guns in the hands of bad people but you kill each other with knives, clubs, bombs, toxins and bare hands.

Allelse · 36-40, M

@acpguy Are you saying people in America are not killed with knives, clubs, bombs, toxins and bare hands?

acpguy · C

@Allelse No dimwit, but that would be the way people would be killed here also just as well as guns. You might eliminate one means of murder but the mentally unstable would continue to do so with out guns and possibley in greater numbers if they resort to bombs.

Allelse · 36-40, M

@acpguy But if you dont have guns, isn't that one less thing to worry about?

acpguy · C

@Allelse It is one more thing to worry about. But liberal / democrats / socialists that are brainwashed by the liberal controlled media and educated in liberal controlled schools do not know any better and will argue until they drop because of the mind control inflicted on them.

Allelse · 36-40, M

@acpguy Oh you're a conspiracy nutter too, do you also think the Lizard People control the world?

acpguy · C

@Allelse Not too bright, I am not even close to being a conspiracy nut. But since you are most likely a lame brain liberal you will argue anything to no end without using any logic.

acpguy · C

@Allelse I see you are another of those idiots from Australia that do not mind having your government control your life. Here in the USA we are trying to keep that from happening as some of us are not sheep like you folks.