[Mr. Mason.] Recollect the history of most nations of the world. What havoc, desolation, and destruction, have been perpetrated by standing armies! An instance within the memory of some of this house will show us how our militia may be destroyed. Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them;Couple points:
https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/foun...1_8_12s27.html Originally Posted by Needle D
This was 1788 and of course could not possibly apply to today. Second, you can try which ever way to slice this apple, the fact remains that mass shooting and crazy murder rate is a USA thing and only a USA thing. The rest of the planet doesn't kill citizens by gun at anywhere close to the level we do here. Also the UK for example has very low killing rates and their citizens for the most part do not own a gun and surprise, they are not slaves of their government.