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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Again self defense is one thing.What I am saying is that many claim that the 2nd Amendment helps keep the government in check yet the government has done many things over the years long before our times and still does and very clearly the fact the fact that some citizens are armed had no effect on their actions.So in all reality the government does not care if you have a 2n Amendment or not they will do what they want to when they want to do it and unless you have one hell of a huge army you will not stop them.
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For the most part I agree, but history has also taught us a disarmed populance can fall prey to a radical government or Dictator. We may think that would never happen in the US, but we never can know for sure, so many feel an armed public is a tool that keeps our government in check.
There have been many cases of people fighting back against the govt, of course these are deemed criminals. We had a family here that refused to turn their land over to the govt claiming eminent domain, land that had been theirs for generations. They lost most of their savings trying to fight it in court, but lost. The entire family armed themselves and made it clear they would fight to the death to keep their land. Our city later decided it would build the road for the new shopping center where first proposed. Sure, something like this seldom works, if the city really wanted it, they would've took it, but this stirred up enough roar that they bowed out.
Heck, there were numerous people enraged enough at bankers getting rich when the economy failed, many stating they should be shot for making millions off the people, the reason most CEO's have numerous body guards.
I don't propose violence, but the people have in the past had to take up arms to defend themselves against out of control govt, it's how our nation was born.
The bigger concern is do you want your right to protect yourself or do you want to rely on government.