[Zulu29]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

A state monopoly on force is never a good idea. It may not happen in your lifetime, but corruption and totalitarianism can rear its ugly head at any time.

Nobody has killed more people than corrupt, tyrannical governments. We're talking in the hundreds of millions here and this does not include militray conflict. The 20th century is riddled with examples of this.

Alot of gun grabbers say that citizens could never take on the military might of the United States if it goes rogue. America as a nation was born this way. A bunch of rednecks took on the British Imperial army and sent them packing. Guerrilla warfare is tough to defeat. The U.S. can't even beat a 3rd world nation like Afghanistan.

Just a few weeks ago, a mall shooter in Oregon was confronted by an armed citizen, the next bullet fired was the shooter ending his own life. There are numerous examples of citizens stopping shootings. Mass shootings ...almost without exception are carried out in gun-free zones like malls, schools, theaters etc.

Why don't they just hang up an "easy pickings" sign?

Now would be the worst time for Americans to hand in their guns. Mass shootings aside, crime rates have been plummeting due to the gun culture, except in places like Chicago where there are strict handgun laws. Chicago is the most dangerous city in the world right now.

In addition to this, you have this massive police state looming over America. The Dept. of Homeland Security has purchased 1.6 billion rounds of ammo in the last year for themselves and other government agencies, mostly hollow points too. Remember, DHS is a domestic agency. Americans are being spied on, there are empty prison camps, COG plans, Patriot Act, NDAA, domestic drones etc.

Americans are starting to realize this. They have been buying guns at a staggering pace since Obama came in.

Citizens cannot own guns in Mexico. Isn't that going well? The people there are at the mercy of gangs and drug cartels, and government corruption is rampant. If you want to feel safe, just admit yourself to prison.

Chicago is the most dangerous city in the world? With ridiculous statements like that you totally discredit yourself. As soon as the previous poster says soon thing sensible like only the police and military should be armed your pendulum swings to the extreme and you start talking about rogue governments and the American revolution. News flash, that would simply not happen, ever in Canada. Full stop. Personally I think the only people other than police and military who need guns are certain occupations like placer miners and helicopter/airplane pilots who work in the bush or far north and need protection from animals, commercial airline pilots to respond to hijackers, armoured guards carrying money, private contractors protecting nuclear plants or other critical infrastructure and hunters. All of the aforementioned are professionals with backgrounds that have been checked except hunters. The risk of gun crime would be very low.