We get a lot of discussion on this board about high-trust societies, but something we very rarely discuss in relation to that is the right and freedom to keep and bear arms.All governments place restrictions on this freedom, most pretty severe compared to America, generally speaking.But why? What are they afraid of?If you consider the society that you live in to be a high-trust society, then I ask you this:Would you a trust a normal member of your society to own and to carry a gun in public, without permission from anyone, and to not use it in a criminal manner?And whatever your answer is, do you think that this trust/distrust is common among normal members of your society, and do your laws reflect that?
>>538079549>All governments place restrictions on this freedomFor a good reason from their perspective. I would not ever trust anyone of them at all. And my inhibition about killing is damn bloody low. And no, that is probably not common these days ... but it really should be.
>>538079549Yes, if we live ina high trust society, why wouldn't I trust someone to carry a dangerous tool that I trust they won't misuse to harm people? We trust people with power tools and literally anything else that can be used to harm people.
>>538080138>inb4 for antsSorry, the only bigger version I could find didn't have the text.
>>538079549Disarmed populations are easier to control. Ultimately, force is a powerful tool for resisting or causing change. Beauracrats and elites love power and think they are superior, but they do also acknowledge that the people ultimately hold the power. Elites don't want to miss out on any advantage.
>>538079549>do you trust a member of your own society to carry a gunyes. do you trust a woman to know when it's the right thing to do to get an abortion? my answer to both is yes.
>>538080464Trust aside, that castle doctrine analogy is flawed in a few ways. Unborn babies are unable to even understand let alone comply with a demand to vacate immediately regardless of any threat anyone makes.I don't think a castle doctrine would acquit you of murder for knowingly killing an unconscious intruder.
>>538080464If I throw somone onto my property in such a way that removing them would kill them, do I now have the right to kill them?
OP is not trustworthy.simple as.
I'm a little disappointed in how few replies this thread got.I think this is something really worth thinking about. We here on /pol/ don't challenge gun laws very often, at least outside America.
>>538081339Ya think ? ;)
guns prevent rape. this is an outrage!
>>538083914Correct, if you kill her first it's not rape.
High-trust societies also tend to be very polite societies. Sane people aren't trying to throw their lives away and the tools to defend oneself from insane and violent people is the very reason we need the right and freedom to carry arms. Any other highschool level gotchas you need solved just let me know.
