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CA Police Chief Ken James "Guns not defensive - used to indimidate and show Power"
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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2104608" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>Shades of Chairman Mao, and his immortal line "all political power comes out of the barrel of a gun." At least it is a public official who is honest about the nature of political power. That is a rare enough occurrence. Usually they like to use euphemisms to make government sound nicer, like "it is for your protection," or "in America we do such and such" (omitting the bit about how we do it that way or they send their guys with guns after us). The bottom line is that all laws are nothing but threats of force. The reason the government needs guns (domestically anyway) is to make sure people know that their threats are not bluffs. Whether governmental force is defensive or offensive depends on context. Are they going after someone to stop him from violating the rights of another person, or are they going after someone who is minding his own business? In this country (and in pretty much every other), the armed governmental workers do plenty of both.</p><p></p><p>The libertarian rejoinder to Chairman Mao's famous proclamation is "power to the people."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2104608, member: 4235"] Shades of Chairman Mao, and his immortal line "all political power comes out of the barrel of a gun." At least it is a public official who is honest about the nature of political power. That is a rare enough occurrence. Usually they like to use euphemisms to make government sound nicer, like "it is for your protection," or "in America we do such and such" (omitting the bit about how we do it that way or they send their guys with guns after us). The bottom line is that all laws are nothing but threats of force. The reason the government needs guns (domestically anyway) is to make sure people know that their threats are not bluffs. Whether governmental force is defensive or offensive depends on context. Are they going after someone to stop him from violating the rights of another person, or are they going after someone who is minding his own business? In this country (and in pretty much every other), the armed governmental workers do plenty of both. The libertarian rejoinder to Chairman Mao's famous proclamation is "power to the people." [/QUOTE]
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