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Originally Posted by nik-
They think they're going to successfully resist a system where a kid with a joystick can level your house with an unmanned drone.
It's a 230 year old idea from a time when people had to pour their gunpowder into a metal tube to fire a steel ball and it's tragically comical that people still think it's relevant.
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Seems like we should have won the war in Afghanistan by now considering they're 1/8th the population of the US, less educated, and less well-armed. Don't underestimate the fact that quantity has its own quality, as the Soviets used to say. (although they then forgot it and invaded Afghanistan)
Anyway, I don't necessarily disagree with your point. Using the controlling the government argument, you could logically make a case for the 2nd amendment allowing machine guns and anti-air missiles, which almost nobody thinks should be legal. (outside of the NRA) I just think there's probably a balance in there of limiting access to guns from insane people, while still not disarming the country as a whole.