I've never seen a handgun slaughter people. I've never seen ground-to-air missles slaughter people. If a person wants to slaughter a bunch of people, that lies in the f^cked up head of the person- not the type of weapon.
I mean, if I were to be so inclined, I could take out 60 kindergarteners in less than 10 seconds at 12:10 every day.
Or I could take out a crapload of Tea Party protesters or symphony patrons... or football fans. We don't see that happen in the news.
What gets killers the attention they crave is the marriage of guns and innocent victims. This is because we've put such a bugaboo on guns that they get the most media attention- short of flying a 727 into Buchanan Elementary. It's what has gotten people's passions feverish and so when someone wants to elicit a fevered response, they use a gun.
The government is pretty tyrannical. But that's because a great number of the people are tyrannical. But the people are also quite passive. And most sane people would choose to avoid using violence to solve what COULD be resolved with supporting better law and electing better representatives and lawmakers.
We're not that far gone yet. There's still hope which is why there's so much political discussion on the internet and other media. We hope that we can resolve our differences peacefully for a better tomorrow. But that will likely require thinking outside of the tiny myopic box where Republican and Democrat platforms thrive.
But if we ever DO get that far gone, to the point where defending ourselves and our nation necessitates violence, then it would be better to be armed than unarmed, I would think.
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