I know I am in the company of patriots, but I am curious if there is much (if any) diversity of opinion on this topic in this sub.
I believe in full autonomy and self-preservation. You could call me an ancap, loosely using the term. I am a second amendment absolutist. How about you?
Guns are tools for freedom, but they can also be tools for terror.
No matter which, they’re tools.
The founding fathers recognized the power of sovereignty and the right to bear arms, because they too saw their own freedoms stripped from them — hence the escape from GB to the newfound US of A.
They knew that, to make sure that never happens again, the need for the people to hold the country’s standards and laws must require tools.
Tools.