Originally posted by mnemeth1
So they got their healthcare, what's next?
guns.
you can't have a proper fascist dictatorship without getting rid of the guns.
just ask hitler, stalin, mao, mussolini, etc.. etc..
I agree. I'm not sure it will be next, and I'm not sure it will be an immediate and absolute measure, rather a drip by drip approach with certain
types of guns and ammunition going first and over a period of time.
What's more, ironically, people in their swathes will hand them over only a bit of huffing and puffing. Stand-off scenarios with
survivalist/paramilitary factions will be in a tiny minority if at all.
I've been saying this for years: the right to bear arms is a smokescreen, a sleight of hand that really is only there to make people think they have
an ace in their sleeve. Governments know that it's a card very, very few people will actually play. Yeah, people talk about how they'll play it but,
given the way guns were handed over during Katrina, the reality is pretty different. Although I'm sure the multitude of gun owners on this board will
roar to the heavens that they're the exception and will fight to the death with their last bullets.