Week 1: Am I crazy?

[waveform_delta]

It starts, as so many things do, with a Facebook post.

There are Facebook friends, the ones you really only know on Facebook. And then there are people you know in real life, have known since before there was a Facebook, and have 'friended' them as a courtesy, because you already have a 'real' relationship

Comments

[fourzoas]

I keep wondering why people think their rifles will protect them from a government armed with unmanned drones...

Facebook reveals so much to us about people we thought we knew. Nicely done.

[idol_sileri]

I keep wondering why people think their rifles will protect them from a government armed with unmanned drones...
Now this is the argument few people want to address. In our Founding Fathers' time, the British army had muskets and the Continental army had muskets. If we really want to keep the spirit of the Second Amendment, we should have something that can down a drone. Good luck getting Congress on board with that!

[myrna_bird]

It's so important that people keep on talking and discussing. Thanks for having your say on the controversy!

[ohelectricshock]

I remember reading this article a little while back that really surprised me. Apart from finding it mildly hilarious, it really opened my eyes to the fact that some people genuinely feel unsafe without having a concealed weapon. I'm glad you're writing about this and drawing attention to it!

[jem0000000]

I think if the government were afraid of us, it would be even less respectful of our rights. But it's already pretty disrespectful there.

[lrig_rorrim]

The thing to remember about the 2nd amendment (and the whole of the constitution, actually) is that it's a product of its time. Back in those days? Yes, an armed populace could and did change the government. That's the spirit the Founding Fathers (if we're going to go all reverential on those guys, which, while I admire what they accomplished, I remember that history is written by the victors and all of that) had in mind when they wrote that right into the constitution. In a world where the guns have gotten so much bigger and the technology so far beyond the imagination of those who framed that document back in the day - honestly, it's just not the same world anymore. A bunch of dudes with rifles can't change the government by threatening to shoot people (or just by shooting people) anymore. It's not going to happen. And in discussions about gun control people get all tangly with emotions, because guns represent "power" or "control" or some sort of "American spirit" that I just don't get. To me? It's not a symbol, it doesn't "mean"