A national gun buyback program, like Australia’s, would never work in the United States.
Not only are there more than 400 million privately-owned firearms here—many legally protected under the Second Amendment—but the cultural, political, and geographic landscape is fundamentally different. 1/3
Not only are there more than 400 million privately-owned firearms here—many legally protected under the Second Amendment—but the cultural, political, and geographic landscape is fundamentally different. 1/3
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Many Americans see gun ownership not just as a right, but as a hedge against tyranny, a symbol of autonomy, or a vital tool for personal protection—2/3
Try to take those weapons through voluntary buybacks or even government mandates, and you’re not starting a conversation—you’re lighting a fuse. 3/3
Rural policing is a directly comparable Australian position. Farmers have licenced rifles as a tools for their work.
How's that using them as resistance to tyranny working out?
If they are actually used to resist tyranny they will be pulled off you all that day.
An excuse to allow other things to exist that make a lot less sense.