Yep, they are all "We support the Second Amendment" and "We only want common sense gun laws" when they think it is politically expedient to say that. But all along they have been chafing at the bit for a chance to go after total disarmament of the American people.
I agree with you, but a part of me questions if the government can realistically accomplish this in our culture.
There were recent demonstrations in Michigan where--literally--thousands of people showed up, and most of them seemed armed.
It seems to me that if there was a socialistic "takeover" in our country, that people really would ban together with their guns like I saw a few days ago.
Marshall Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was once asked why he was against the Japanese invading the West Coast of our country, and he said: "If we invade the American mainland, there will be a rifle behind every blade of grass . . . "
There are historians who doubt that he actually said this, but this point is clear. If you have millions and millions of people with guns . . . how can you realistically complete a hostile takeover?
A public outcry is one thing, but thousands of demonstrators with guns that outnumber the police and National Guard 20:1? What are they going to do? Water cannons and tear gas?
I also know that the gun manufacturers have deep pockets . . . which means a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. In our country, money controls everything.
I know I've expressed fears of government confiscation before, but am I making sense now or just engaging in wishful thinking?
And just so everybody understands where my head is at, I disagree with activists like Emma Gonzalez, from Parkland, Florida . . . but I'm still very, very sympathetic toward them. I lost a friend to a mass shooting at a Wendy's in West Palm Beach, and I have responded to mass shootings before as a medic. People can run the numbers and stats and--legitimately--conclude that your chances of death from a car accident or a slip and fall are much higher than dying from a mass shooting, but it doesn't feel that way to the survivors who lost a loved one.
Anybody who has lost a loved one in a mass shooting would feel very slighted when people point out things like this.
See link below:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/enter...ch-happened-years-ago/YwG0GfUGx8pAcl3ET8DgFM/