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The government already limits your rights to bear arms. Otherwise, you would be allowed to own an Apache helicopter.
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Maybe not a helicopter but I can buy a fully operational tank....
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/ope...sale-armslist/
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As for making schools safer, I agree, with the gun buyers paying for all costs. Bulletproof glass, armed guards, metal detectors like they have at airports, etc. It won't cost a lot, say 5% on taxes.
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I dont think a 5% tax will do but Im not against that.
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The rest is nonsense. Muslims are in a hurry to get to heaven for their virgins. Americans are in a hurry to to Macdees for a free burger.
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I think you seriously overestimate Muslims desire to die. They held Monsul for months. They didnt just walk out and get shot on purpose. And I think you seriously underestimate the number of Americans willing to die to defend their country and the Constitution. See your question below....
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How many died in the civil war?
They beat an army 6,000 miles from home and armed with similar weapons.
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Did they go house to house to defeat the Branch Davidians?
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That was 1 encampment. There would be thousands of similar encampments. And that took 76 days for the government to destroy the encampment. And if you believe the FBI, the Branch Dividians destroyed their own compound, not the US military or law enforcement. It took 76 days because the US government didnt want to kill US citizens.
Federal government agents and Las Vegas Sheriffs backed down in the Clive Bundy armed standoff in Nevada. Even the Sheriff of Las Vegas admitted they were outgunned, outmanned and had to back-down.
Bundy had the support of the Governor of Nevada, and numerous state representatives in Nevada and Arizona.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff
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The US government would pass laws and Americans would moan and gripe about it and do nothing. Your rights have changed since the Constitution was written, changing it again wouldn't be a problem. Especially if the voting public demand it. And there's the problem so many things are done to us that we shouldn't allow and you we sit meekly and take it.
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Laws mean nothing. People break "laws" all the time. Even good people break laws. Its when they try to take the guns that you will see a change in people's thinking and action. No one is taking to the streets when a bump stock is banned. When the government starts a registry of gun owners - that will cause push back. When they go house to house to confiscate weapons, then people will have to make a decision. And most will hand over their weapons like sheep. But there will be millions of them that will take action.
The Bundy action was over confiscation of a herd of cows by the federal government. Imagine what will happen when they try to confiscate the guns.