Would better gun control help?

[Midwest Spy]

I appreciate ShitStorm's enthusiam, but, to quote of my favorite lines, from one of my favorite movies:

'She's crazier than a rat in a tin shithouse!'

-The Shawshank Redemption, 1994

You are entitled to your opinion but know that my ideas were shaped by the Founders and are based upon the absolute belief in unalienable rights. Maybe you think you those concepts are outdated. The left does. Dunno.

Earlier you said: You bring up Stalin and Hitler and other washed up dictators to deflect.

If there is any lesson to be learned from history it's that it repeats and human nature does not change. Historical examples of societies with gun control in which governments have committed mass murder are not deflecting. They are highly relevant and form the core of the argument of the right to self defense.

Shitstorm, you're always very polite to me. I'll refrain from calling you names from here on out.

You take the Constitution literally. I appreciate that. I think that now, 235 years later, some things have changed. The chances that OUR democratic society becomes a tyranny would be a stretch. That's why I laugh when you say that OUR government is the real enemy.

I appreciate everyone being vigilant. I love the fact that there are people that question every move the government makes. That's healthy. I just don't wholeheartedly believe that there needs to be mass amounts of weapons held by the citizenry in the event that the government decides to kill/enslave us.

I also don't consider myself left wing. I'm a moderate conservative. Served in the military. I've handled/shot guns since being a kid and in the service. Obviously, this is a sensitive subject.