Gun Question

[Browning151]

If you're faced with 100 capable people and you have fully loaded gun, you are going to lose that battle, my friend. Simple as that.

Taken literally you'd be correct. The idea is that few with guns can control many with none.

What do you believe is absolute power in a democratic capitalist society?

Therein lies the problem, there are many who openly disagree with the capitalist model and want this country to look more like socialist Europe. Change capitalist with socialist and you have an entirely different ball game.

Yes I have, a lot of people think (falsely) that any measure to further regulate the sale of guns in an effort to lower the staggering amount of gun crime/accidents in the US is equivalent to an outright ban and complete nullification of the 2nd amendment, and that we have some kind of tyrannical oppressive leader and a government system capable of accomplishing something like that. The idea is unfathomable.

I don't think that current regulations would be an outright ban and nullification of the 2A, but could it be the first step toward it? Sure. Is it? Maybe not, but I'd rather not find out the hard way if it is or isn't. I also didn't say that we have some tyrannical oppressive leader, but the idea of our government over reaching it's limits is not unfathomable. It may never happen in my lifetime, or my kids, or even my grandkids, but at some point it may happen and the rights to defend against it should be preserved.