One of the strongest arguments for maintaining the legal status for citizens to acquire the most firepower possible (i.e. assault weapons) under the second amendment, is for the purpose of overthrowing an authoritarian dictatorship.
However, those who shout with the loudest voices for this position are the same individuals who voted for a man who is the greatest threat to democracy and the rule of law since King George and President Andrew Jackson: President Donald Trump.
It's almost like they want to make sure they will have the opportunity to use that dearly purchased firepower.
Unfortunately, I suspect that a percentage of them would use that firepower not to overthrow President Trump, if he were to defy the rule of law and seek to set himself up as a dictator, but to aid him in that endeavor, should he attempt to advance it.
We all have this apocryphal notion that a vocally aggressive and armed populace will always chose the best government for the most people. Sadly, that is simply not the case.
Loren M. Lambert © February 21, 2018
However, those who shout with the loudest voices for this position are the same individuals who voted for a man who is the greatest threat to democracy and the rule of law since King George and President Andrew Jackson: President Donald Trump.
It's almost like they want to make sure they will have the opportunity to use that dearly purchased firepower.
Unfortunately, I suspect that a percentage of them would use that firepower not to overthrow President Trump, if he were to defy the rule of law and seek to set himself up as a dictator, but to aid him in that endeavor, should he attempt to advance it.
We all have this apocryphal notion that a vocally aggressive and armed populace will always chose the best government for the most people. Sadly, that is simply not the case.
Loren M. Lambert © February 21, 2018
No comments:
Post a Comment