Misha takes down a severely flawed 'argument' for taking away the guns of the law-abiding citizenry. This leftwing brainfart comes from the "Institute for Social Policy and Understanding" (translation - fascists who want to reduce your freedom because you have too much of it).

The idea of public gun ownership simply does not make sense anymore. The right to bear arms, as enumerated in the Second Amendment, was meant for the maintenance of a “well-regulated militia.” At the time the amendment was adopted, standing armies were viewed with a great deal of suspicion, and therefore, gun-owning individuals were seen as a protection mechanism for the public. These gun owners were also seen as guardians of the republic against the tyranny of the rulers. The framers of the Constitution saw the right to bear and use arms as a check against an unruly government. That state of affairs no longer exists.

Its mommy syndrome gone wild. You've done nothing wrong, but Johnny Jihad shot some people, so nobody gets to have guns. Not even you people who have not and will not do anything illegal with them. Protecting your families and businesses when the police can't immediately respond doesn't count as "legal" or "practical use" of guns.

Taking this 'logic' to its conclusion, we should then ban all cars, because there is a subset of the population who are subretards and kill people while inebriated despite the laws against being intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle.

Newsflash: Just because something is illegal doesn't mean people aren't going to do it. Drugs. Illegal gun ownership. Underage drinking. Sudden jihad syndrome. Assault. You name it.

Antecdote: There was a jewelry store robbery yesterday in South Philly. Three trogladites in masks tried to hold up the small store with oozies and handguns. One of the store employees who was out for lunch came back to the store while the robbery was in progress. Startled by the employee, the robbers were temporarily distracted. That's when the store owner (an Israeli army vet) pulled a gun from below the counter and shot two of the three robbers. They tried to get away, but were abandoned by their getaway driver and the injured criminals were forced to flag down police to get medical aid. Two of the three robbers are in custody, and the third is being sought.

According to the ISPU, that store owner was not within his constitutional rights, and should have surrendered his merchandise to the trolls in Haloween masks without a fuss. The fact that he had a gun was just too risky to the robbers (and presumably to the entire American populace.) The era of "unruly government" is gone. What he fails to ennunciate in his jihad against law-abiding gun-owners is that that unruly government has been replace with unruly street thugs, gangs, psychopaths, robbers, etc. Government isn't the only threat to a person's well being, you know.

These leftwingnut impulses are going to end up killing you and your fellow citizens because somebody might be offended. This kind of nanny-state crap needs to be squished and resisted at every turn.

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