‘It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Russia…”

Actually, I never said I hope you are singled out for a cavity search. I said it would make me feel better, safer if you submitted to one. But that wouldn't keep anyone flying the friendly skies any safer than the current groping and virtual strip searches either would it?

That's just how crazy all this over the top knee jerk reactionary Big Brother stasi style stuff the government keeps coming up with is. As a law abiding citizen I find all that to be quite insulting. The first reaction of the government whenever a situation arises is to oppress law abiding citizens and make us "prove" we are innocent by jumping through more and more hoops.

We are treated as if we are guilty until proven innocent. But then this government seems to be very paranoid and afraid we're all conspiring against it. When it comes to conspiracy theorists we need look no further than those in government itself. Everytime we turn around there is some new report out that claims we the people are conspiring against the government. A few examples, the "patriot" act(s), the Miac report, The Maricopa county Terrorist Task Force pamphlet and various other police training manuals to name just a couple. They all make the claim we citizens are the biggest threat to "national security". But of course they use the threat of Islamic terrorism as an excuse to pass laws and regulations that curtail our liberties and treat us all like common criminals but from reading all these so called reports it becomes clear the government is more intent on keeping us "contained" and submissive than going after real terrorists.

Now . . .

There seems to be a consensus around here that the government is inept. I have a somewhat different opinion about all that but for the sake of argument lets go with that idea for a minute. If it's true and it appears that it is why should anyone trust such an inept government to keep them safe, especially a government that has been caught in as many outright lies as this one has? Seems to me the government has proven several times over that it just can't get anything right.

So why should we trust it with our very lives? This is what I don't understand. Maybe you can explain it to me.

 

The state of NY says if you get caught with a handgun in your home without a special privilege card (carry permit) you're going to jail. The people of New Orleans thought they had a "right" to keep guns in their homes too. Until Katrina. Then they found out just how fast and easy the government can deny them that right.

Gun rights champion G.W. Bush never said a word at the time about the police confiscating law abiding citizens guns either.

You have no constitutional right to own guns anymore. You are granted the privilege of owning them so long as the government sees fit to let you keep them.

 

I do believe our founders knew that no piece of paper could guarantee any right. Only an informed citizenry can do that. Unfortunately for us we no longer have that today. We now have a dumbed down, frightened and submissive citizenry that thinks the government is there and able to protect us from harm and pay our way through life..

 

Really?

Must be your beloved big intrusive government is made up of unreasonable CTs then Carpro because it's always making the claim we the people are conspiring against it.

I know I know, only I would know this because I have actually read the reports. In your case it's not that you are to lazy to read them. In your case it's your unwavering faith in big intrusive government that prevents you from doing so. :smilewinkgrin: