Can you imagine the revolution that would have occured in colonial america, or later, if every horse had to be insured? Or "licensed"? And ever person riding one... or a cart behind a horse... had to pay a fee for the "priviledge"?
When a government decides to dictate a "right"... or license a right... then the "right" is gone, and it is now a government priviledge. CCW's will become nothing more than drivers licenses. Just wait till the government decides that CCW carrier's have to carry liability insurance!!! That would put CCW's out of the hands of the working man...
Its not about money... the gov has tons of it... so much they can't even count it. Its about POWER. We have it, and they WANT it. Its not even neccessarily evil... it just human nature for these people in government to get the ego, and think they "know" better than we.... and they must guide us & protect us from ourselves.
The GOV WANTS criminals to be armed. The gov wants the criminals to continue commiting crimes. This creates a crisis... and makes the "masses" dependant upon the GOV for protection. Whether they admit it or not, criminals are good for the GOV... and they will not do anything to upset that balance... like arming citizens. The gov needs criminals... they NEED crime, to keep their power. If america woke up one day and collectively said "We can take care of ourselves, thank you"... the gov would have NO power.
You dont honestly think our revolving door justice system is inept, do you??? They want it like that... it keeps the crisis in motion... the problem NEVER goes away, therefore, neither does their power.
smoke & mirrors....
Its the same everywhere... and has been for thousands of years. The poor, the peasants... unarmed & relying on the elite for their protection. Only in colonial america did that stop.... while the rest of the world kept right along with the "elite vs the masses" theology.
You all think that in 1700's era britain... the common man was free to own weapons, and carry them? NO!!The common man could not AFFORD weapons.... they could barely afford bread. Only the affluent could afford weapons (pistols, rifles & such), and thus carry them... a very basic "class warfare" way of licensing arms... and keeping them out of the hands of the masses.
America was founded on something different... and since that time has been doing everything possible to take it back.. to conform to European thinking... I.E. elite vs. the masses.
This is why you have politicians who are anti gun, who also carry guns themselves (Feinstein....)... or who have armed protection 24 hours a day. Its OK for them because they are the elite... but the masses do not need it.
its the "let them eat cake" crap all over again... and you know what that statement led too.... yet, this country has become too wussyfied to do anything about it.