Comment by __turbobrew__

8 months ago

You forgot the last check, a disgruntled person with a gun.

Gun is a good thing, but way more important is organization. I mean organization like "when order came everyone stands up and fights no slackers".

Even 10 organized people with no weapons are _way_ more dangerous than one armed person. That's why all autocratic regimes firstly jail/kill organizers (right now it's Turkey). Just having eyes in 10 different places is more important.

As Jefferson really liked (proposed by Franklin): "Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God."

  • I think you estimate what a single person with a gun can do.

    * assassinate the president of Japan

    * assassinate health care CEO

    * nearly assassinate the soon to be president