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And semi-automatic rifles/shotguns would be very effective vs the military. If some hostile force took residence in DC - do you really believe the president is going to bomb DC in order to kill the insurgents (ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE??)

If I were a corrupt president running a corrupt government with a corrupt military, I sure would. Really remarkably strange to me that you can conceive of a government and military that's horrible enough to rebel against, but too scared to commit a few atrocities to get its way.

And you can't conceive of a government that is corrupt and a military that isn't? Any single one of the vast ways in which a few people with guns WOULD be helpful/useful? You can't conceive of a government that is corrupt enough, but not dumb enough to "glass us"?

Let us pretend for a moment that there is a defined 100 ways in which a government can be corrupt. Only 1 of these ways can be solved by citizens with guns. Do you think it is worth while to have the guns in this imagined scenario? I do.

Have you ever thought that perhaps a "corrupt government" might take the form of a rural police department? I can tell you answering the door with a shotgun does a world of good when Sheriff Pete the meth addict comes aknockin'

Have you ever heard of organized crime? Do you think organized crime is easier or harder to defend against if you, your family, and/or your neighborhood is equipped with their own death dealing machines?

Do you think the government is so powerful and all-knowing at this point that no one, no group of people can cause enough disruption to affect it?

Guns are a tool. A useful one.

Sportsmanship killed CF