Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: A common question to both sides... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)your scholarship. Regardless of military model, the BoR is still negative rights, limits on government not the people. Notice the word PEOPLE.
What their military model has anything to do with extremists escapes me. Like I said before, left wing extremists (they get left wing, we get right wing) like Red Brigade, IRA, etc. went to the Netherlands even though they have stricter gun laws because that is where the untraceable pistols and machine guns were smuggled to.
Plotting insurrection? If they get a lot of NFA items illegally you would have a reasonable concern. Four hunting rifles, two ARs and ten target pistols is not.
There are infinite historical and cultural factors.
strong sense of community
violent video games are illegal (I don't think that has anything to do with it)
Old people love their grand kids more than they hate snow (Yes Villages, FL and Sun City, AZ that means you)
community policing
sane drug laws
that is just what I can think of off the top of my head
The murder rates in Europe the same or lower when they were laxer than Arizona. That should tell you how absurd your current order of things is. Please read about logical fallacies closely and with an open mind.