[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Thank you for the background, very interesting.
My original post was really rhetorical. I would not expect guns to be banned in America. Guns are ingrained in American culture and psyche.
I didn't know though that philosophical justification for A2 went beyond shooting natives and feeding yourself. Interesting.
As you say, in practice it hasn't worked too well. The government has slowly crept into people's lives anyway. So maybe it is time to rethink the issue?
Also, as I see it, police in US is not used much less as a result of self-defence capabilities of citizens than it is the case in Europe where citizens are unarmed.
I get the lofty ideals, but does it really work in practice?
I get that Americans are big on individualism, but surely, for a social species like us, a healthy mix of individualism and collectivism is the best solution?
Sure, too much collectivism gives you communism, but American model of individualism seems like a step too far in the other direction.

I wouldn't advise you take that at face value.