Daryl wrote:Interesting to read that you believe that private citizens have more rights to have guns than the government?
‘The Government’ has no rights at all.
So, you don’t trust ‘people’ with guns — has it escaped your notice that ‘The Government’ is a bunch of people? Being in the government does not make them
better people; indeed, all evidence indicates that ‘The Government’ is largely comprised of people
worse than average.
Daryl wrote:I doubt that any other developed country would have citizens who think that.
See, that’s the problem with trying to explain things to a bunch of damn Europeans. You’re used to being governed by a class of aristocrats that have more rights than the peasants they rule over. We rejected that paradigm in 1776, and in 1789 we instituted a completely new form of government in which all rights are held by the people. Certain powers and responsibilities are delegated to the government, but when the government abdicates its responsibilities, and abuses its power, The People reserve the right to
TAKE THEM BACK. Just like we did 245 years ago.
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Most days, I suspect that we could get a better government by picking 535 people at random. On bad days, I’m certain we’d get a better government by picking 535 people at random from lunatic asylums.