LOL Gun nuts

[retromike22]

I never understood why people need to own guns in the first place. The only example I can understand is if it's for hunting. I usually hear two responses why people need a gun:

1. For protection. From who? Are you wanted man/woman? Do police not exist where you live? Are you such a coward that you need a gun just in case a stranger breaks in? (Which isn't even likely these days) And when the stranger breaks in, are you going to magically turn into an action hero and shoot the bad guy while saving yourself?

I could never live in that constant state of fear. I don't even lock the front door sometimes. And no I don't live in a gated community, I live in a working class suburb of Los Angeles. A few years ago there was a shooting between a police officer and a drug dealer in the house IN FRONT OF MINE. But I didn't buy a gun, because I am not afraid and I trust the police with my security as a citizen. Analogy: If you trust the firefighters to save your life during the fire, why can't you trust the police to keep your community safe? Sure there are a few bad apples, but on the whole they are good men and women.

2. In case the government turns into a (insert Communist or Fascist) state and the people need to rise up and take their government back. How likely is it that our country will replace over 200 years of democracy with something else? But let's assume the extremely unlikely happened and it did. Let's see, a bunch a mountain men militia with handguns, maybe some machine guns vs.... helicopters, tanks, and a professional army. I don't think it'll be much of a fight. And you don't even need guns to bring down a regime. See India 1947, and Egypt 2011.