Re: The Armed Citizen - Missouri

Some Guy wrote:

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> > > Gun registration is too inherently risky to risk in a free
> > > society.  History has shown that gun registration enables gun
> > > confiscation.  First the state asks you to register our firearms
> > > and then the state takes them.   You can't argue it, because it
> > > has happened too many times.
> > >
> > > The state has no need to know which of her citizens are armed or
> > > not.
> >
> > Thank you sir!
> 
> Which is the most realistic threat: government tyranny or armed criminals?
> Registration seems like a small thing to ask to reduce armaments in the
> hands of thugs.
> 
> Remember, its a democray so the government is supposed to perform the will
> of the people (if people participate). Criminals do us no such favors.

State tyrants are infinitely more dangerous than civilian
tyrants.  The leading cause of death in the previous century was
democide, the killing a country's citizens by her government. 
You look at the greatest murders of all time, Joseph Stalin, Mao
Tse Tung, Pol Pot and they were state tyrants.  A free state can
not exist where the state is armed but her citizens are not. 
Slaves are not allowed to own weapons.  Free men are.  Are you a
man or a slave?  Don't bother to answer.

David