Zero Hedge did a piece the other day about Sturm Ruger, an American arms company that has just suspended orders because it is sold out of weapons. That's right, sold out of weapons! This really doesn't mean they just simply sold out of stock, it means that there are so many orders that they're so backed up that they cannot take anymore! This makes me wonder just how many weapons were put out onto the streets of America last year, where there are already millions.
I look at this and actually become fearful. One can look at the past few years and see the growing discontent and dissention that is happening within the US populace and easily conclude that guns do not positively influence this situation. Having even a few thousand armed people causing civil disorder is disastrous. One example of this is the 1967 Detroit riots, where snipers plauged the city for days and the army had to be brought in to suppress the violence.
I believe that the more the wealth gap increases in the US, the more people are forced into poverty, the more social injustices are inflicted on them (like Trayvon Martin), then the more chance there is for violent riots or armed insurrection to occur. It's easy for people in the Western nations to feel safe in a bubble, but Greece is a perfect example of how things can turn to shit when people are desperate.
I look at this and actually become fearful. One can look at the past few years and see the growing discontent and dissention that is happening within the US populace and easily conclude that guns do not positively influence this situation. Having even a few thousand armed people causing civil disorder is disastrous. One example of this is the 1967 Detroit riots, where snipers plauged the city for days and the army had to be brought in to suppress the violence.
I believe that the more the wealth gap increases in the US, the more people are forced into poverty, the more social injustices are inflicted on them (like Trayvon Martin), then the more chance there is for violent riots or armed insurrection to occur. It's easy for people in the Western nations to feel safe in a bubble, but Greece is a perfect example of how things can turn to shit when people are desperate.
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