The biggest obstacle to enacting effective gun control legislation in the US is the idea that a democratic government is an existential threat to its people. America was founded on this narrative, and it is what keeps people from wanting to part with semi-automatic assault rifles
I don't actually think you disagreed with what I said. Separation of powers makes turning the US into a tyranny ruled by brute force a close to impossible task. And if it ever succeeded, guns wouldn't save the people.
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(I think it highly unlikely we're going to be attacked with nukes--even by DPRK; that doesn't mean we can afford to give up our defenses.)
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Potentially, everything is a threat. Sanity means prioritising those threats that are credible enough to warrant the effort required to safeguard against them. Otherwise, I'd waste my life fortifying the ceiling of my apartment to assuage my fear of it collapsing.
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Nope, I disagree with you (strongly) on both counts & provided synopsis of my evidence. You're free to reach different conclusion, of course
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