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Originally Posted by Eslade
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Well, there are a few reasons
1. Because we can if we choose to
2. It's a great deterrent from any country thinking about invading/going to war with us on our home front.
3. In the occasion that the government steps out of line and becomes a tyranny, we can at least form some sort of resistance.
4. If the government becomes incapacitated, we can still defend ourselves.
America doesn't exist because some king held the territory and made a government for it. America exists because it's a country by the people and for the people. Our people are supposed to be taught to not need the government unless it's an emergency and a lot of the sheep in this country are forgetting that. The rest of the world already gave up its freedoms but it'll be a sad day when America does. The day we give up our guns is day we go down that slippery slope of taking that eu dick.
We're number one for a reason, sorry.
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I live in a richer, cleaner country than the USA and not once in it's history has there been a requirement to own 40 assault rifles for home defence.
Infact it'd be considered insanity down here because there's basically no threat of someone showing up at your doorstep with a 120 round clip assault rifle trying to rob your tv set for a crack hit.
There are plently of guns around but they are regulated and generally in the hands of farmers and registered hunters. Where they are not however easy to get are some angry 21 year old white/black male walking in to walmart and buying a semi automatic assualt rifle over the counter with a very basic criminal check. So that next time he gets disrespected at Wendy's drive thru he can go in to a blind rage and pull it out of the boot of his car and blow 3 people away (not reported as a mass shooting btw).
Bottom line is the 'Merica business dream is in full force with the NRA playing both sides; crims buy guns, 'good' people buy guns: end result gun companies get wealthy at the expense of society and everyone runs around claiming some archaic amendment as justification. It's a perfect example of commercialism....and all these idiots with sub 100 IQs run around spouting the same "it's my right" crap.
When your country normalizes mass shootings as "just part of daily life now" that's a problem...then again 50%+ of people voted for Hillary Clinton so really it's self explanatory.