No, that’s not my point. You still have to explain Yemen going 30 years with an uncountable dictatorship despite an armed population. The only reason Yemen had a fight in the first place was because of the Arab spring, but even then it essentially delved into a proxy war between Iran & Saudi Arabia with the people caught in the middle. So they are far worse off now than under the dictatorship, despite all the guns.
Maybe it would help if I made it simpler for you:
Yemen: lots of guns + poor education = instability.
Europe, Canada, Austraila, etc: gun laws + good education = very stable.
USA: Lots of guns + failing education system = somewhere in middle.
Don’t you see, it has nothing to do with guns and everything to do with education.
I consider gun laws successful when they prevent massacres every couple months/weeks/sometimes days.
Hitler kept the populace tamed through fear, fear of the government and, more importantly, through fear of the other (jews, non-aryans, etc). Much like todays conservatives do with muslims, LGBT, etc. The better educated a populace is less likely it is to scare and control because fear is a primeval emotion that blocks higher-level rational thought. It makes it easy for authoritarian figures like Hitler (or Trump) to take advantage and use fear to their advantage under the guise of being a saviour. Germany was severely crippled due to WWI and most did not have access to good quality education like is available today. Germany today actually provides tuition-free higher education, allowing even more people to be educated, ensuring there is no repeats. No guns needed yet.
Illegal immigrants are just as much “potential” citizens as fetuses are potential babies, perhaps even more so because 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriages making many have zero potential. Something that is in the process of becoming sentient but has not gotten there yet makes it non-sentient, which is the entire point. Babies ARE sentient. Big difference.
No it is not ridiculous for a “gun-safety nut” to say those who feel they need to be armed all the time lest a dictatorship emerge are focusing fear. You may notice at no time have I advocated for complete disarmament and explicitly mentioned earlier many countries have both gun laws AND guns. You are so afraid of any and all change you cannot even comprehend a happy medium where both things are possible. I also never said you were oblivious to risks of gun ownership, but that you are just so ruled by fear of possibly not having your gun you do not care. Gun-nuts fear rogue governments coming for THEM, criminals coming for THEM, their paranoia and self-serving nature overrules any empathy for others facing the consequences of their ideology.
So you found one example of a non-fatal incident, I’m sure there are many more. But when it comes to bodycount the right-wing takes the cake.
Again, you bring out the strawman I want to ban things. Do you know Australia has more licensed guns now than before the big “ban”. Millions in Canada too. They are just far better regulated and in far more responsible hands. As it should be.
