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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
Of course not. I don't know who they wiretapped or what formula they relied upon in determining who should be subject to a wiretap and, except for a few select individuals, neither does anyone else.
I just think it is interesting that so many people trust the government to do the right thing without any oversight when it comes to certain issues AND zealously guard their right to bear arms in the event this government gets to the point where it needs to be overthrown. How can people say with a straight face that they don't care about or want to know about a major spying program that may infringe on our constitutional rights and then say they need guns because they don't fully trust our government?
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Well, the most glaring difference is the intangibility of the wiretapping vs the tangibility of having to physically give up guns. If the government said, "ok, you can no longer have any phone conversations regarding such-and-such", it would make the comparisons much more precise and clear. Then you would have people up in arms (literally?
). But, until then, people go along with it because they do not feel something is being taken from them. IMO, until something like that occurs, the only ones that will be upset about it are the ones that are already upset about it, right or wrong.