Since I'm new to the gun forum world, I want to share an experience I had that really effected the way I feel about gun control. I have always believed that people should have the right to own and carry firearms, but this experience helped me see why it is so important.
I lived in England for a couple of years, while I was there in 2000, people were paying over $4.75 a gallon for gas (it seemed even worse then, and it was the second highest price in the world.), and about 2/3 of the cost was due to taxes. Farmers, truckers, and taxi drivers were being especially hard hit, and they finally got fed up and began a coordinated country wide protest.
The farmers took their tractors on the busiest freeways slowing all traffic to 3-4 MPH at rush hour, the taxi drivers drove slowly through town clogging up all the surface streets, and the truck drivers parked their trucks in front of the oil refineries so no gas could get out. Within a week not one gas station in the country had any fuel left. The police had no legal authority to force the trucks top move since the refineries are privately owned, and the owners didn't ask them to move. The truck drivers said they would not move until a gas tax cut was passed so that fuel prices in the UK were in line with the rest of Europe. Since the government refused to give in to these tactics, the country went for about 2 weeks without fuel (I wasn't too bothered since I didn't own a car and walked everywhere).
With both sides refusing to give in the government finally sent in the military to force the trucks to move, they offered a meager reduction in fuel tax rates, and threatened to use force if it wasn't accepted. The truck drivers complied, because they had no other choice. I can clearly remember the moment when I realized the value of the second amendment.
THE UK GOVERNMENT WAS ENFORCING A TAX THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY DIDN'T WANT, BY USING GUNS THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO OWN!!!!!!!
This was when I decided to proactively fight against gun control.
I lived in England for a couple of years, while I was there in 2000, people were paying over $4.75 a gallon for gas (it seemed even worse then, and it was the second highest price in the world.), and about 2/3 of the cost was due to taxes. Farmers, truckers, and taxi drivers were being especially hard hit, and they finally got fed up and began a coordinated country wide protest.
The farmers took their tractors on the busiest freeways slowing all traffic to 3-4 MPH at rush hour, the taxi drivers drove slowly through town clogging up all the surface streets, and the truck drivers parked their trucks in front of the oil refineries so no gas could get out. Within a week not one gas station in the country had any fuel left. The police had no legal authority to force the trucks top move since the refineries are privately owned, and the owners didn't ask them to move. The truck drivers said they would not move until a gas tax cut was passed so that fuel prices in the UK were in line with the rest of Europe. Since the government refused to give in to these tactics, the country went for about 2 weeks without fuel (I wasn't too bothered since I didn't own a car and walked everywhere).
With both sides refusing to give in the government finally sent in the military to force the trucks to move, they offered a meager reduction in fuel tax rates, and threatened to use force if it wasn't accepted. The truck drivers complied, because they had no other choice. I can clearly remember the moment when I realized the value of the second amendment.
THE UK GOVERNMENT WAS ENFORCING A TAX THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY DIDN'T WANT, BY USING GUNS THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO OWN!!!!!!!
This was when I decided to proactively fight against gun control.
