Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The new anti-gun-control meme: The US should be more like Switzerland. [View all]DetlefK
(16,461 posts)The well-regulated milita would be controlled by the government. And the government is evil. EVIL!!! They give you rifles and train you how to use them because they are indoctrinating you! The government is turning our children into soldiers of their evil empire of liberal oppression!
Remember what happened when Obama proposed a national engineer-corps for natural disasters? The right-wingers cried "brown-shirts!"
Your last point: It depends.
Do you drink wine because a good wine belongs to a good meal or do you drink wine because you want to get drunk?
What is the reason for the action? Do you do it because it is expected from you or do you do it because you have selfish reasons?
The problem is not the gun. The problem is that people treat their gun as their problem-solver when they run into trouble, e.g. when they want money and the cashier has money.
The difference in mentality is that in Switzerland, the gun is not YOUR problem-solver. It's your militia's problem-solver.