Staying Off a Government List- Imagined Security Versus Real Safety

By Rob Morse

U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- Every firearms instructor I know has heard this before…

“I’d get a gun except I don’t want the government to know that I have it. I’d carry the gun, but I don’t want to get my permit and be on a government list.”

Let’s give people with this attitude the benefit of the doubt. But are they safer being armed or unarmed?

I can’t see anything good that comes from me being on a government list. In theory, being on a list means that if our government was taken over by a tyrant, then the political enemies of the state could be rounded up. That happened in other countries. It also happened here, and it started our Revolution of Independence from Britain.

On the other hand, crime is real here and now. We read about it in our newspaper every day. Fortunately for most of us, violent crime is also rare. It only happens about once per family. In your lifetime, one member of your family will probably be the victim of a forcible robbery, aggravated assault or sexual assault according to FBI statistics. But are you safer …Read the Rest

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