The Second Amendment is a stupid anachronism. It needs gutting.
There is no longer a need for a militia - the USA has a nice big standing army with which to defend itself and it has much better weapons than assault rifles, like aircraft, helicopters and tanks. And if you want to claim you need guns to defend yourself against the US Government, well it has a nice big standing army with aircraft, helicopters and tanks. How long do you think the militia with the weapons it is legally allowed to own is going to last against the US military?
"He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security."
Get the fuck out of my country. Someone threatens my property, my life, or my loved ones I will do whatever it takes to be sure all is safe. You want the government to watch out for you? Call 911 and see what the response time is. I can assure you, when they arrive they'll be taking pictures of you and your dead family. I'll dial 911 AFTER I've taken care of the situation.
Just because we can't fix all the problems at once, doesn't mean we shouldn't try and help with the ones we can.
I think a good place to start is the problems that exist within our own borders. Once we got those figured out, King O and start working on policing the world.
Start thinking about how you can keep your neighbours alive during any sort of crisis, and I promise you will live much, much longer.
Survival of the fittest. Not a chance I'll help those out. Poor planning on your part does not constitutes an emergency on mine.
Suddenly that XDM I carry around all the time seems useful, doesn't it?
If this country were ever to go sideways, I can assure you currency won't be stocks and cash. It will be brass and lead.
Solutions are obvious if one only has the optical power to observe them over the horizon. -- K.A. Arsdall