Vehemently disagree. I trust the "impressionable minds" of reasonable people to begin correctly attaching that authoritarianism and extremism to all progressive leftists, and ultimately reject the ideology as insanely dangerous to their individual rights and liberties. "...than to remove all doubt"
Gun control should be a matter of cost benefit analysis, not an ideological issue. If we had no guns at the start, gun deaths might go down, but the tail risk of government tyranny might increase.
Never heard of it? It's where cops can stop and frisk you for a weapon if they believe you are up to no good. I like the policy since it is the ONLY way of getting illegal guns off the streets. Too many Judges along with the ACLU, NAACP keep shooting it down though.
I didn't get why it was unconstitutional, as described by the critics. Never took the interest to study the legal part of the equation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0SloK6pB4g http://www.ktvq.com/news/senior-citizen-burned-beaten-and-robbed-in-laurel-home/ Its a violent world out there....
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm The link above was where I got the quote. It was just the first I had found when seeing your question. There are many more sites on that topic if you look. I do not believe we need tanks I am satisfied where we are at I think it provides the nessary protection. If I were to expand rights providing a path for non-violent felons to have rights returned would be the only change. The US military can defeat any other military in the world easily in most cases. Yes the Iraqi army was no match yet we still lost the war armed civilians with rifles and IEDs was enough. Afghanistan again easy at first yet we are losing and once we leave it will return to what it was. Vietnam we won every major battle yet lost the war. The US could not be more ruthless against it's own citizens than it was in the countries above. That said I do not see the citizens fighting the US government we can vote we are relatively free compared to most countries. That does not mean we should abandon a right just because we do not need it right now. The millita would be called forth by congress and placed under the commander-in-chief if it were needed. I would think a major disaster or less likely a major war where we needed to defend our country. While to guard against tyranny is one reason for the millita it not the only or even the main reason. AR-15 and AR-10 would be the best weapon for that service. They use NATO ammo so it would be easy to supply as opposed to having a large assortment of various calibers. The millita is far more likely to be used by the US as opposed to against it.
I am opposed to violating constitutional rights for some illusion of safety. They search for drugs and any other infraction. It is wrong and should be condemned, it is the same mind set used by those wanting to ban certain guns.
Why are DWI checkpoints legal? Look, if nobody wants to do what's needed to be done to get the real problem off the streets, which is ILLEGAL guns, then stop even talking about it.
The "gun show loophole" is simple private citizen sales. All licensed dealer must perform background checks on all sales even at gun shows.
They shouldn't be, but the far right controlled Supreme Court ruled, incorrectly, for continued police state. Which is what the right has always wanted, govt./corp control of the citizens.
Usually because they call them "insurance" checkpoints at least where i am from and I do not think they should be legal since it a obvious ploy to violate our rights. I am not talking about illegal guns I am talking about preventing some gun from becoming illegal. If we have to sacrifice freedom to be safe I would rather be in danger. Gun violence is at it's lowest level since the 1960's. So no thank you I do not want a war on gun violence to go the war on drugs or the war on terror just to remove my rights.
I would ask you the same thing. Please explain why you support authoritarian measures like gun control and individual mandates.