It‘s not a cultural “thing” for us… like Marvel movies or rap music… it is something quite literally woven into the moral fabric of the nation. Our forefathers etched “the right to bear arms shall not be infringed” onto our most sacred document, the second inalienable right they gave us in the Bill of Rights.
A foreign warship chock full of rifles and cannons sat out in the harbor right after our constitution was ratified because it refused to come into port. They needed to restock their provisions, but waited, because the crew wanted to make us aware of their armaments and confirm they weren’t an issue. Thomas Jefferson wrote them a letter back to not worry about it and come the fuck in. He quoted the constitution… it was their right to be armed. That was an entire warship stuffed with cannons and armed soldiers, not one singular semi-automatic rifle… which they’re trying to take away today.
One of my points was that you don’t simply just take away guns in America. I get that you’re playing devil’s advocate for a normie argument… and trust me, I don’t want more dead kids… but I believe it’s a human right to protect yourself, to be self sufficient in defense of your life and property, and not be denied the appropriate tools to do it. There’s much more deeply rooted issues that can be addressed. They won’t explore other avenues because this is a political argument used for the sake of getting votes and building a narrative. We can propose more ideas to fix this other than “gun bad, take gun, problem solved.”
