link to original reddit post by /u/ultimatefighting


If you think that government and the elites arent afraid of a well-armed civilian population, youre wrong.

If you think that an armed civilian population doesnt serve as some kind of a deterrent to increased government tyranny, youre wrong.

If the politicians, bureaucrats, courts and elites actually cared about reducing violence, they would address the underlying causes of violence instead of blaming an inanimate object to push their disarmament agenda.