Posted on 03/01/2012 3:49:25 AM PST by marktwain
If you were the guy coming to take things you worked for away from you in order to give it to somebody else, it would be better if the people you were going to take things from to be unarmed.
Mostly, I think it is because Democrats hate the idea of someone shooting one of their constituents while he’s busy “sharing the wealth” or “getting some pie” or whatever Democrats call pillage and rapine.
To be an “elite” you must have a subservient class.
The self-proclaimed Patrician class, currently in the form of talentless Commies, fears the freedom of those they would rule.
Personal ownership of firearms is a tremendous tool of liberty.
Anyone who wants to remove your ability to resist violent oppression
plans to, at some time in the future, use violence to oppress you.
Excellent prose and exposition.
As to why the Dems hate guns...
in their world guns are only good for stealing other’s welfare benefits. After they’ve decided what everyone gets everyone should be happy with it. So no one has any need for a gun.
Bingo.
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