Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[David Horn]

(10-09-2018, 03:18 PM)Galen Wrote: The mere existence or use of a firearm is no more an act of violence than possession and use of a knife or hammer unless you start using them on people.  You only have to look at London now to see how far the idiocy of blaming objects for the actions of individuals will go.  You might want to spend some time reading about the Militia Acts of 1792 which gives a much better sense of the purpose of the Second Amendment.  They specifically made firearms ownership an individual right because they understood perfectly well that one of the first things a tyrannical government does is disarm the target population.  It was what they experienced under the British.  In fact this is already happening in South Africa.

I notice that you chose a comparison between NYC (the lowest-crime major city in the US) and London, UK.  That the two are essentially the same is not really a knock on London.  A better comparison would be a major US city with minimal weapons control, like Chicago or even LA.  There are plenty of others as well.

Moving on to the Militia Act, and your supposition that the need to have armed citizens as a check on tyrannical government is ludicrous on its face.  We aren't a nation of sword-wielders these days, which, btw, was the "arm" of choice for most people who had them.  If you wish to look back at the arming of America in 1792 as a guide for arming Americans today, you should arm them in a similar manner.  If you wish to promote citizen militias, then do so directly.