How to spot a hidden handgun - guide

**mccwho** · Mar 2, 2023, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

Thanks, Most laws made by all governments are stupid. In my opinion every government has been corrupted to the core. Drunk on the power they have created for themselves, because there are not enough self-aware people willing to become involved in trying to root out the corruption and reduce the number of power drunk officials in office. Just remember power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Governments make these laws under the misleading premise of "protection". What it is really about is protecting "Their" power over the people. Governments are afraid of citizens that can protect themselves from corrupt governments.

The US Constitution was written to protect the people from the government, not the government from the people.
And people are only free when they don't have to ask the government for permission to exercise their constitutional rights.
If you have to ask for permission your not free!

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 2, 2023, 02:38 PM

Asking permission is diametrically opposed to rights. No one's forced into exercising rights of any kind, it's freedom of choice.
Even on intermittent basis, rights stand whether anyone partake or not. When that became part of a leftist agenda (as demonstrated by many regimes) good people, by nature didn't buck up and refuse to participate en masse!.

The problem with rights compares with giving a car to kid. If not worked for, it's not CARED FOR.
The he or she, works 4 summers doing odd jobs, to put up a portion of the purchase, has a better perspective of material goods and how they are acquired.

**NeiljohnUK** · Mar 3, 2023, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Any one needs to prove ineffective regulations, find a location (city, county, state, nation) where such observation as above isn't general public opinion.
Is it possible criminals are so prevalent, that figuratively a government could/ would hire them as ready mercenaries against their constituents, knowing their armed forces are primarily right leaning, and wouldn't comply?

As the covid experience has proven, the military and more over the Police (Aus and NZ are the best WORST examples) followed orders to such a point that people no longer trust them not to simply 'follow orders'. Many years ago (1980's) I applied for a 'civilian' Police job working in a Police garage, I didn't get the job as I answered the senior officer on the interview panel honestly, "no, I wouldn't follow what I believed was an unlawful order", things have gotten much worse since then.

The EU's ambition for an EU military was one of the reasons I voted for Brexit, as the EU would have complete control over member nations armed forces, and could send them to suppress civilians (and politicians) in other member states, some contend Maggie Thatcher didn't want 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland to end as it was a useful training ground for UK armed forces to train in supressing UK civilians on UK streets...