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/