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doofus47 · February 22, 2013, 02:13 PM

Rest assured, when it comes, it will be for the 'greater good.'

Currently, we have a bunch of politicians making political hay while the sun is shining on the topic of guns. Most homes don't possess firearms, so it's easy to stereotype and easy to suggest bans.

Most citizens don't know nor care what they are missing (much like I don't give a hoot about Ipad applications--I don't own one); they believe what they are fed and the ideas that bans will make them safer is appealing.

I don't believe that there's a grand conspiracy amongst most anti-gun politicians to put down the common man. I don't believe that they plan that far ahead. (Some, yes.) Unfortunately, neither do they look backwards very well to see that there's an historical reason the 2nd amendment was included in the Bill of Rights. All they would have to do is look over recent events in Syria and Libya to realize that "the greater good" would be a society in which citizens always have final veto power over their governments.

February 22, 2013, 02:13 PM	#52
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	Rest assured, when it comes, it will be for the 'greater good.' Currently, we have a bunch of politicians making political hay while the sun is shining on the topic of guns. Most homes don't possess firearms, so it's easy to stereotype and easy to suggest bans. Most citizens don't know nor care what they are missing (much like I don't give a hoot about Ipad applications--I don't own one); they believe what they are fed and the ideas that bans will make them safer is appealing. I don't believe that there's a grand conspiracy amongst most anti-gun politicians to put down the common man. I don't believe that they plan that far ahead. (Some, yes.) Unfortunately, neither do they look backwards very well to see that there's an historical reason the 2nd amendment was included in the Bill of Rights. All they would have to do is look over recent events in Syria and Libya to realize that "the greater good" would be a society in which citizens always have final veto power over their governments. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.