It makes you sound mentally challenged.
Insisting that gun owners are mentally challenged makes you sound mentally challenged...
Having guns is not going to protect you from the police or military.
You need to allow for the very real possibility that, faced with a tyrannical government, many police and military will abandon their oath and fight among the civilians...
With normal police equipment, SWAT teams, police tactics and fire power etc, they can easily neutralize any armed threat or movement. They wouldn't even break a sweat.
I think there are some SWAT teams and police who would disagree with you:
Not to mention, police surveillance tactics will make it impossible for an anti-government group to organize a big enough threat to the regime. You don't have a chance. And that is only the police. Your little AR-15 isn't going to do anything to a drone, tank, apache helicopter, fighter jet or combat unit (much less special forces). There is a reason you have not seen a people's uprising to over-throw a government even in Africa in decade. And really only Sudan has been overthrown by a military coup.
Do you realize what you're doing?
You're explaining why you think it would be a better idea to simply roll over and play dead; Give up. You're a coward. Thankfully millions of Americans are not...
No, the only reason you want certain guns (such as a AR-15) is because you like to have them.
You know what's neat? We don't have to explain to you why we want anything, much less explain it to a coward like you...
It is true the vast majority of gun owners are responsible and good people, including AR-15 owners. But that 1% or 0.05% that are not responsible can cause havoc, as we just saw in Highland park (an event I was on my way to attend and an event to which I know many people that were directly effected).
Yes, there are mentally deficient scumbags out there.
And calling gun owners "gun nuts" exposes you as one of them...
If you want to hunt, then a single shot hunting rifle will suffice. If it is about home defense, then handguns and shotguns (which as both short-range) would be sufficient.
You don't get to tell anyone how to hunt or how to protect their home...
There are many things that can be done, such as arm teachers, have cops in schools, secure soft targets, better mental health facilities, red flag rules and immunity for snitching, involuntary institutionalization, high standards for gun ownership, higher and minimum sentences for illegal gun possession, Federal no buy lists, vicarious liability for guns for the gun owner etc., but stop with the argument that you need guns for tyrannical governments! Because it is foolish.
It wasn't foolish 246 years ago...
There should be a ban on all guns other then single shot hunting rifles, handguns and shotguns.
And what do you think that will accomplish?
Let me help you out: If you ban those guns, the only thing that will happen will be that law abiding citizens turn their guns in.
Criminals; you know, those people who would love to visit violence upon you and your family if given half a chance, will still have theirs. Instead of stupidly taking guns from law abiding citizens, why not do something positive regarding taking those weapons away from criminals?
Now I know handguns are by far the weapon of choice in the vast number of homicides, but so called "assault rifles" (yes I know that is a term the liberals made up) it by far a more sufficient weapon to commit mass murder then a handgun, even if they are semi-automatic (vs full).
You know, when you pull the trigger on an AR-15, you send only one round out of the muzzle. You need to pull the trigger again to shoot another round.
When you pull the trigger on a revolver you send only one round out of the muzzle. You need to pull the trigger again to shoot another round.
But, please, explain what a "single shot" gun is...
Keep sticking to these stances that turn off the moderates (e.g. ban on abortion and do nothing on guns) and then cry about how Demorats can win with gas over $5-6, out of control inflation, major blunders in foreign policy and everyone hating woke politics. If the Demorats keep the House and pick up senate seats you are going to see the most radical changes to this country that we haver ever seen.
That's a big "if".
When it comes to voting, people will care more about lowering gas prices than they will keeping abortion legal.
The democrats are going to get hammered in November...