The thing about owning guns is, we hope we never need them. But when we do need them, we can not have too many of them. The problem is not if we will need guns or not to protect our families and homes. The real problem is we do not know when we will need them. I stumbled onto a little known story recently. I was always under the impression that ALL early western settlers had guns. Here is an abridged version of a true story that exposes that is not so. The year was 1877, place near Grangerville, Idaho where Chief Joseph’s tribe started their well known war. A few braves in Joseph’s tribe killed a local white settler they had a grudge against. The anti-settler anger quickly spread through the tribe, they wanted their land back. Within days more settlers were killed, homesteads burned and livestock taken. Overnight a war had started in peaceful Idaho. Word of the Indian attacks spread quickly. Settlers near the attacks banded together for protection. My memory is not clear how many, but it was either 20+ settlers, or 20+ families all held up at one ranch they agreed would be the easiest to defend. An inventory of firearms was taken. Between more than 20 people, they only had two weapons, a very old muzzleloader, and a worn out pistol. Of course this was totally inadequate to defend themselves against the 750 mad Indians. Word was sent to Lewiston and a wagon load of weapons arrived to hold off the Indians until the army could get there. The moral of this story is; people throughout history have believed they no longer needed weapons to defend their homes and families. Until they need them. I will keep my weapons because I never know when I might need them. If you chose not to own guns, that is your right. But keep your nose out of my business, and constitutional right to bear arms.
Easy for you to say. You'll be long gone by the time the machines rise up and overthrow their human masters. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
One could draw some other morals from that story. Like, Americans today are far more paranoid about "Indian attacks" than the early settlers were. barfo
OR, the truth, we do not know who will attack our homes and families next. There will always be someone trying to take away our homes and what we have. The other truth is. The real cause of violence where guns are used is not guns. Studies prove the higher the population density, the higher the violent crime rate is. When guns are removed, only violence with guns declines, however, violence using other weapons increases. How do you explain this truth? In the violent mid-east, weapons are so common; you can buy an AK-47 for $100. Yet guns are not the #1 weapon used in attacks. Bombs are, because they are more efficient and increase survival rates of the attackers. Guns are used to protect families and homes. Taking away guns in the USA will not stop violent mass attacks. It will only change the weapon used from guns to bombs, which are more deadly.
Maybe we should go Machiavelli, and just give everyone guns and require that they have them on their person at all times. More guns is better!
Scientists have for many decades invented, developed, promoted and profited from AI weapons. All the while the general public has constantly warned them and pleaded with them to stop for OBVIOUS REASONS. They were too arrogant to listen. Now a few of them seem to have wrapped their tiny brains around the fact that they've sealed our doom through their blind ignorance, and we are supposed to listen to them?
Like I said, paranoid. In my lifetime, I've never once had the need to get together with my neighbors and tally up our weapons because of an impending attack. Could it happen? Sure, I suppose. But what if the attack is from aliens that can only be repelled with marshmallows? Do you have enough marshmallows in your house to defend yourself? I see. We actually want crazy people to be able to shoot up shopping malls, because that keeps them from using bombs. Clever! Hope the crazies don't read this, or they might start shopping at the local bomb store instead of the local gun store. barfo
You may not have had to tally up weapons in your lifetime, but others in the USA have. Q. Do you know who is responsible for many of the violent riots in the USA? A. Sports fans. Case closed. Some of the scariest most irrational people I have ever encountered are on sports forums like this one. (That includes 6 years in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War).
How dare anyone challenge my right to have a automated drone army, making kill decisions free of human control. How the hell am I suppose to protect my family?
Give the guy a break, just look at his name he was probably one of those guys counting up the guns in that village in Idaho.
Don't worry man, the constitution has you covered under the second amendment! I don't see what could possibly go wrong with having no regulation over fully autonomous weaponry, it's pretty clear the founding fathers had the foresight to ensure that drones should be protected from regulation from the federal government.
