Owning guns- Right or Privilege?

[u/Low_Bar_804]

So obviously here in Canada our government sees private firearm ownership as a privilege rather than a right. My question is, how you guys feel? Do you think gun ownership is a right or a privilege?

When you look at other things people view as rights, such as abortion, freedom of expression and freedom of religion etc. These are all viewed by most as inherently “good rights”, but in many countries these rights are restricted. I think, along with many others, that it is justified to ignore unjust laws that restrict human rights.

I personally believe that firearm ownership is a fundamental human right because it protects all of our other rights and freedoms from being taken away. So even though legally speaking firearm ownership is a privilege that can be taken away at any time here in Canada, I don’t agree with the way our country and many others treat firearm ownership.

[u/MilkIlluminati]

aiming for

...but on the way there, it for some reason needs an all-encompassing, militaristic, police state that brutally deals with people wanting freedom counter-revolutionary scum, but don't worry, this state will wither away in time because we'll be all out of counter-revolutionary scum.

Pointing out the apparent contradiction is of course counter-revolutionary scum talk.

Pro tip: the reality of ideologies is found in reality, not the marketing pamphlets.

[u/InitialAd4125 → u/MilkIlluminati]

"...but on the way there, it for some reason needs an all-encompassing, militaristic, police state that brutally deals with people wanting freedom counter-revolutionary scum, but don't worry, this state will wither away in time because we'll be all out of counter-revolutionary scum."

Sounds like a state which last I checked it isn't supposed to have.

"Pro tip: the reality of ideologies is found in reality, not the marketing pamphlets."

So capitalism is a system built on wide spread slavery and mass exploitation then instead of free market magic?

[u/MilkIlluminati → u/InitialAd4125]

Sounds like a state which last I checked it isn't supposed to have.

According to the lore, not reality.

So capitalism is a system built on wide spread slavery and mass exploitation then instead of free market magic?

Cool meme

quoting is achieved with the > character btw

[u/InitialAd4125 → u/MilkIlluminati]

"According to the lore, not reality."

Nah that's according to the reality if the UK claimed itself a republic but still had a monarchy would that be a republic? No it wouldn't you can name yourself whatever the fuck you want but it doesn't make it that thing.

"Cool meme"

No now that's reality something you seem to have trouble with.

"quoting is achieved with the > character btw"

I know.