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re: Alternate explanation for gun control
Posted on 4/6/13 at 7:28 am to hypnos
Posted on 4/6/13 at 7:28 am to hypnos
Watched almost all of it before I realized those guys are Canadian.
IMO, the real long term threat to gun ownership and freedom is not a large scale cataclysmic event like door to door confiscation. The real threat is steady indoctrination of the public by the media, popular culture, and government schools. The idea is to make gun ownership as socially unacceptable as something like smoking so that when that ownership is curtailed no one complains.
You only have to look to the states in the Northeast to see how this can happen. The gun manufacturers are located there because that area was the center of the gun universe ('gun valley'). Now 100-150 years later the citizens of those states cheer at restrictions on gun ownership.
My advice is not to move to an underground bunker but instead to take someone shooting for the first time and introduce them to the sport. And vote for pro-gun candidates.
IMO, the real long term threat to gun ownership and freedom is not a large scale cataclysmic event like door to door confiscation. The real threat is steady indoctrination of the public by the media, popular culture, and government schools. The idea is to make gun ownership as socially unacceptable as something like smoking so that when that ownership is curtailed no one complains.
You only have to look to the states in the Northeast to see how this can happen. The gun manufacturers are located there because that area was the center of the gun universe ('gun valley'). Now 100-150 years later the citizens of those states cheer at restrictions on gun ownership.
My advice is not to move to an underground bunker but instead to take someone shooting for the first time and introduce them to the sport. And vote for pro-gun candidates.
This post was edited on 4/6/13 at 7:31 am
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Posted on 4/6/13 at 7:37 am to weagle99
Well put
Posted on 4/6/13 at 11:37 am to weagle99
Damn weagle. You nailed it.
What's crazy to me is that the people in these democratic states are actually excited to become sheep. They view gun ownership as so demonizing that they don't see a gun's value as a simple tool. And in reality, that's all a gun is - a tool. A gun is not inherently evil or inherently good just like a chainsaw can be used to cut down a tree or to cut up a person. The individual who is implementing said tool is determining what he or she wants to do.
I also think the propaganda and misinformation is the biggest tool the media is using right now. Joe Biden claims sheriffs "overwhelmingly" support legislation for gun control even though that is a bold-faced lie. Why don't they talk about the hundreds of sheriffs who say they won't enforce these laws? Because it slows down the process of turning people into sheep.
What's crazy to me is that the people in these democratic states are actually excited to become sheep. They view gun ownership as so demonizing that they don't see a gun's value as a simple tool. And in reality, that's all a gun is - a tool. A gun is not inherently evil or inherently good just like a chainsaw can be used to cut down a tree or to cut up a person. The individual who is implementing said tool is determining what he or she wants to do.
I also think the propaganda and misinformation is the biggest tool the media is using right now. Joe Biden claims sheriffs "overwhelmingly" support legislation for gun control even though that is a bold-faced lie. Why don't they talk about the hundreds of sheriffs who say they won't enforce these laws? Because it slows down the process of turning people into sheep.
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