19F – The Night Venezuela Finally Imploded

[Mr Khan]

maximus22 said:

Mr Khan said:

maximus22 said:
This is absolutely horrifying and heart breaking. Yet another reason why I for one will never let my government disarm me.

Yes, because being able to shoot back stops them from wanting to shoot you. Instead of Egypt you get South Sudan. Good idea.

Yes because history proves that as soon as their citizens posess weapons, societies turn into wartorn Africa.  In any case if worse comes to much worse an armed people at least stands a chance of changing things if and when its government becomes hostile as is the case in Venezuela which is what this thread is about.

 

Besides, the difference between Egypt's and Sudan's guns per capita is negligible so your comparison doesn't make much sense.

The point being that the Egyptian opposition hasn't taken up those arms. If they had, it *would* be a civil war, which is no good for anyone.

The implication that the people should be fighting back with weapons in this case is misguided at best, because it only fuels the fire in high-tension situations like this, especially given that the people's weapons are never going to match the government's. It's merely a recipe for slaughter rather than some imagined noble rebellion, much like the pipe-dream of the American right that all those guns out there would make any sort of difference if they decided to revolt against the Feds.