Where is the evidence that it is actually increasing tyranny--rather than any other trigger--that is leading to these riots and murders?
Some things are not quantified in a news article. Some people define tyranny as "when the people fear the government." I think it's pretty simple actually. .gov would love nothing more than an unarmed populace. Localities continue to receive, free of charge, military grade weapons and vehicles. The first, fourth, and fifth amendments are constantly under attack. Peaceful protesters are corralled like sheep by the tacticool police teams wearing full body armor and carrying riot gear and tear gas. There is no more dialogue. Occupy Wall Street may have seemed pointless to a lot of people, but it along with other protests have continued to expose the oppressive nature of our government. There are videos of police pointing ARs at people in Ferguson, MO telling them, "I will blow your @#$%ing head off!" There were and are all kinds of rights trampling going on against peaceful people. For what? Control? We have rights. Any coercion that occurs to cause anyone to second guess a right is OPPRESSION.
The very existence of a permit to carry system where I live causes me to feel oppressed even though we are an OC state. It's not right that I can OC a pistol into WalMart but I can't carry a pistol into the woods during deer bow season even though Black v. US says OCing is not RAS that a crime is being committed. I understand that localities can make any gun laws they want for the most part, but where is the line drawn? This is just one instance in my state. I couldn't imagine how bad it is in other states. Any state that does not allow any form of carry except CC with a permit is an OPPRESSOR, and represents tyranny to me. "May Issue," is another prime example of oppression and tyranny.
"Criminal justice experts note that, while the federal government and national research groups keep scads of data and statistics— on topics ranging from how many people were victims of unprovoked shark attacks (53 in 2013) to the number of hogs and pigs living on farms in the U.S. (upwards of 64,000,000 according to 2010 numbers) — there is no reliable national data on how many people are shot by police officers each year.
The government does, however, keep a database of how many officers are killed in the line of duty. In 2012, the most recent year for which FBI data is available, it was 48 – 44 of them killed with firearms."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ow-many-police-shootings-a-year-no-one-knows/
It's time to hold police accountable, NOW.
Obviously not, directly. But there is an emerging tone of being anti-police, anti-government, anti-law, on this board that is deeply troubling.
Charles
As long as posts don't advocate breaking the law, anarchy, voluntarism, anti-statism, etc. are not against any forum rule. I understand you are a religious conservative statist-type. I'm not going to claim that your philosophies flat-out disturb me. We are here for a common goal. Cop-bashing has been defined as broad-brush comments about police. It is my understanding that bashing cops that break the law in cited specific instances is also not against the rules.