zevenenergie wrote on 10/05/19 at 09:22:58:
"...I was born in one of the most notorious slums in my country. ..."
It certainly sounds like you have achieved a measure of success, pulled yourself up, and not expected anybody else to do those things for you, while you sit back and do nothing.
Congratulations !In this Nation, their are many Freedoms.
Freedoms which are guarantied by a ‘Constitution’, ‘ Bill of Rights’ and ‘Amendments’.
Many have been tested through the years, and much blood has been spilled, keeping the guaranteed basic rights for its citizens.
And in spite of ever-increasing threats, and attempts to remove Freedoms by whittling away, bit by bit.
The very vast Majority of American Citizens stand strong.
Two things, that you have talked about come into play.
One is called the 2nd Amendment.
Which has been altered in the last 240 years, bit by bit, and many have argued about what should or should not have/will be done.
(and will continue to do)The 2nd, stands for,
(some levels symbolic), the absolute undeniable Fact, that the Government of this Nation, can NEVER take control of the People of this Nation.
(no mater how some interrupt the words written in 1776)The next Amendment that affects your words,
(in this Nation), is the 1st.
Which is the absolute Right to say what you think, with no repercussions.
(Outside of saying things which are meant to injure people, like saying, ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater)That absolute right, guarantees, you or anyone else, the Right to say:
“I don’t believe you should have a gun”What it does not, allow you to do,
(you, or the Government), is Confiscate a gun.
So when you say:
‘I see no reason to have a gun.’,You can say that. That is the 1st working.
It is when someone says:
‘you have no need for that gun, you will turn in that gun, I will take that gun from you, etc’That is when the $hit hits the Fan.
Exactly the same way as you saying:
“I Don’t Like …”Then you getting sent to Siberia.
(Or Committing suicide, with two shots to the head, with your hands tied behind your back)