(06-02-2022, 09:46 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(05-31-2022, 10:08 PM)mikesez Wrote: So, you think private individuals should be able to purchase nuclear weapons?

You are so dense sometimes. I have already had this argument with FSG. In this thread. I have stated where I think the line should be drawn. Citizens should be armed with the same or equivalent of standard military issue. Heavier armament should be permitted. While I am ok with having the debate of where to draw the line, you again missed my core point, which was that there is a push to disarm citizens by the powers that be. That is their goal. Everything else is just getting us there.

Go back and read post #196.  You're the one being dense. You're like that insecure girlfriend who, no matter what the boyfriend says, interprets it to mean something she disagrees with. Nuclear weapons are not "standard issue" yet, the military has them.  And private individuals should not have them.  We agree that the military should have things that the public does not have.

And I'm not missing your "core point."  I just don't want to argue it. But you do, so here goes. I disagree that there is any politically viable push to totally disarm ordinary citizens.  It goes back to why I care so much about free and fair elections and avoiding strongman dictators.  The only type of leader who could even contemplate disarming the US public would be a strongman dictator operating outside of limited government and outside of checks and balances.  If we preserve these things, an armed citizenry is also preserved.

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