Guns for law-abiding people are probably not bad

I think it's a little bit odd when people tell me that they need weapons because the government could become tyrannical and use the army on the people.

What are you going to do with your small weapon when they send in the tanks ? They have drones and planes. I doubt the people would win.

The best argument to carry weapons is to use the weapon in self defense towards a criminal.

Have you played battlefield ? You might be a soldier running around with a weapon but the tanks will blow you up and you can't hurt them back.

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IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M

Okay, doesn't mean nobody should defend themselves. Sorry, second amendment. If you studied any history, you'd know the government can attempt to repeat history of what other governments have done before. Why give them the slightest chance to do that?

Sinful

@IWasCallingYaLarry I think laws are better at preventing things like that. Do you remember the news about the military coup in Asia ? So the army there was separate from the people by class and power. So that army was willing to shoot its own people.

If Americans keep the army like it is now it's difficult to have tyrannical army because they are connected to the people and won't hurt the country should they be ordered. The more likely scenario is that they build drones and find a type of people who don't mind doing the dirty work and teach them how to properly use the drones and now they don't really need a big army to rule the people.

IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M

@Sinful You know what? You're absolutely right. We don't need a huge army to rule people. I can agree on that. Also, I don't think we should have a huge government, either. We need to have a very limited government so as to prevent any government overreach, or we'll all be screwed eventually. That and we need to all start being responsible for ourselves and our loved ones, which sadly many people don't wanna do.