I support full bans on firearms ownership for the people who are statistically most likely to use them to engage in mass murder: agents of the state.

We simply cannot trust government with these weapons of war.
We aren't coming to take your government away.

We just want to have a conversation about common sense restrictions on government.

If it could save even one life from government violence, it will be worth it.
Despite being less than 2% of the population, US and state governments have killed tens of thousands of people, here & around the world, amounting to as much as 50% of the total killings committed by Americans.

This doesn't include the US government-sponsored genocide in Yemen.
As a compromise, we are willing to accept the formation of no-government zones.

For the children.
The founders could've never anticipated the amount of bloodshed that modern assault governments could commit!
Why would you even need a heavy-capacity 30 magazine clip ghost government?!

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Get rid of these, healthcare becomes affordable.

They can't have that.
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While it may seem silly, many of these laws are enforced, and libertarians in office can focus on getting these laws off the books.
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