One from the Canadian Coalition for Gun Control.
And here. Which offers another factual perspective.
It's worth it. Now git.
I will pick away at one of the many arguments used by the anti-gun control group. Tyranny. As in protection against tyranny of the government.
On its surface, this notion seems crazy and irrational. Come on, the gov'mint aints gonna comes and attacks youz!
Well, they do. History demonstrates it does. Not in a military sense but they do bully citizens - see the video below. The state can and will destroy lives if it deems necessary. You see, the state is made up of people. People are sometimes driven by greed and ambition on the public side, not just the private side. And while they're entrenched in power, they can wreak havoc for the silliest and most arcane of reasons.
Aside from that, for an ideology that keeps hammering about the dangers of repeating history, the cold, hard fact remains the logic used by liberals to dismiss the tyranny argument was applied in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries with the rise of anarchism, Nazi socialism (which is a direct outgrowth of the fall of liberalism), fascism, communism, Stalinism and other tyrannical forms of ideologies that went on to murder citizens and commit genocide.
"Oh come on! Hitler doesn't want to invade! You're just exaggerating!" was the prevailing attitude among liberals. They went from appeasing to being useful idiots.
They're choosing to put first a policy in front of historical reality that tyranny does exist, and if it seemingly isn't, it's possible it's dormant. It can strike at any time in many forms.
Which is why "eternal vigilance" is asked of citizens.
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