Thursday, February 20, 2014

From time to time, we see variations of comments like this one, pulled from one of our Facebook posts:

“What good is it for citizens to have guns when the government has tanks?”

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Curious, I do not care if people own guns, each their own, but people say we should own guns to keep the government in check. How does a gun help against a rocket fired miles away, a drone or airplane flying overhead, or a massive tank driving through your house?
It’s a fairly common question, and it deserves an answer.
The simple answer to the question is “assymetric warfare.” Smart fighters don’t put their troops in front of the enemy’s best weapons. They use their best troops against their enemy’s week points, and exploit those weak points mercilessly.
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