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I suppose some day a new form of personal weapon will be developed that will make the firearm obsolete just as other weapons have become obsolete ( I don't see many people wanting to haul around a stone tipped spear now days). In that case, they won't need (or probably even want) guns.
Till then, I reckon you got nothing to fear.
I wasn't talking about the advancement of arms technology. I was talking about government. You don't know what sort of lunatic, socialist, fascist, nazi, whatever type government might get voted in. It might not happen today, but what about 20, 50 or 100 years from now?
Well, not much you can do about that if you're not there, now, is there? That will be up to your grandkids or great grandkids. And since the Constitution was meant to me a malleable document, they can change it to fit their belief system and any form of government they want. That is what makes it so powerful. If your great great grandkids decide to agree with me that the 2nd amendment has long outlived its purposes, they can just dump it.
And by the way, socialism is an economic system, not a government system. As long as we have democracy in this country, it doesn't really matter what the economic system is. Not to get sidetracked or anything. Just thought I'd point that out since the S word has come up several times in this conversation.
In any case, point is there is no need for folks to panic. Nothing is going to happen to their right to own a gun in our lifetimes, or even our children's.
I suppose some day a new form of personal weapon will be developed that will make the firearm obsolete just as other weapons have become obsolete ( I don't see many people wanting to haul around a stone tipped spear now days). In that case, they won't need (or probably even want) guns.
Till then, I reckon you got nothing to fear.
I wasn't talking about the advancement of arms technology. I was talking about government. You don't know what sort of lunatic, socialist, fascist, nazi, whatever type government might get voted in. It might not happen today, but what about 20, 50 or 100 years from now?
Well, not much you can do about that if you're not there, now, is there? That will be up to your grandkids or great grandkids. And since the Constitution was meant to me a malleable document, they can change it to fit their belief system and any form of government they want. That is what makes it so powerful. If your great great grandkids decide to agree with me that the 2nd amendment has long outlived its purposes, they can just dump it.
And by the way, socialism is an economic system, not a government system. As long as we have democracy in this country, it doesn't really matter what the economic system is. Not to get sidetracked or anything. Just thought I'd point that out since the S word has come up several times in this conversation.
In any case, point is there is no need for folks to panic. Nothing is going to happen to their right to own a gun in our lifetimes, or even our children's.
