The weakest argument for gun ownership in the USA

[LittleGrizzly]

No, the government will come up with some excuse to tell the troops that the target is a bunch of evil anarchists bent on government overthrow! We've seen it already! The CIA has branded conservatives as potential terrorists in one of their studies!

Wasn't it more like they said there was a potential threat from extremist conservative groups ?

Which holds fairly true if you look at the other thread in the backroom, abortion doctor killing.

I agree with what you say though... there are plenty of ways to make americans suddenly seem less american... or like americans that don't deserve to live anyway...

Depending on which angle the goverment was coming from you could use things to rile people up like, abortion, guns (the other side wants to take yours) for example would americans have been happy for american citizens to be taken up to guantanamo bay prior to 9/11 ? probably not, after 9/11 there was a lot more support for it...

Ban the guns and knife killings will go on the rise!

If someone is to try and kill me i would rather they had a knife or some home made bomb rather than a half decent gun. Unless this guy is some knife combat expert, or very good at handling home made bombs (as in accuracy rather than making them) he is going to have a far easier time killing me with a half decent gun...


Edit
When were illegal guns hard to get?
Keep in mind that there's not really a market for illegal guns in the US b/c atm they are still legal.

Yeah you can't really get an accurate picture in America as guns are mostly legal, In Britian its a little different as (to the best of my knowledge) shotguns are legal for those who have a good reason for having one (farmers for example) as i live in Britian, it was from the perspective of someone getting an illegal gun in Britian...