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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
the government wants to make sure you cant fight back if it comes to war.  look at lybia ns syria |
I believe that.
And yeah, I've considered that an armed citizenry wouldn't stand a chance against the U.S. military too. But at the same time...the "Military" is just a bunch of fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, and family of that same armed citizenry.
Whether they would actually obey orders and kill their own families and neighbors is debatable I would think.
But I think it still makes the govt. nervous to think that citizens are armed.
That's the only thing I can think of when it comes to full auto weapons.
The cops don't want citizens (or criminals) to be able to match them in firepower because then they could "lose".