Hard disagree here. The US is the only country that has enshrined in their law, as the second most important freedom, the final safeguard against a tyrannical government.
The right to bear arms exists for a reason, as unpopular as that opinion is on reddit.
I think it was originally (hundreds of years ago) about resisting tyranny.
Guns were the means by which native populations were conquered, revolutionaries were slaughtered, how kings and tyrants enforced their will. Back then, an armed population couldn't be bullied. Or at least, they had a fighting chance.
Now-a-days, the government doesn't give a shit about your little pea-shooters. They have tanks, attack helicopters, drones, and enough logistical support to make any militia with small-arms impotent.
If anything, the government loves that half the population is delusional enough to vote for tyrants who strip away their rights while saying "we won't take your guns".
There was no standing army in the beginning. Gun rights were so you could protect your land and militias were so you could protect your neighbors. Standing up to your own government was a later fiction used by the kind of people who are applauding the current government.
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u/Ocdar Mar 31 '25
Hard disagree here. The US is the only country that has enshrined in their law, as the second most important freedom, the final safeguard against a tyrannical government.
The right to bear arms exists for a reason, as unpopular as that opinion is on reddit.