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It seems like there is a logical disconnect here.
On the one hand gun owners are always ranting about the evils of a centralized, controlling government, especially when said government attempts to regulate firearms.
On the other gun owners tend to be admiring of the military, which is perhaps the ultimate expression of the government's ability to project force and control.
It is also confusing to me when gun owners lionize the military while condemning police and the federal investigative agencies such as ATF.
Is it because:
Political conservatives support the military and gun owners tend to be conservatives?
Soldiers get to play with weapons to which civilians have no access?
Many gun owners are prior military?
Or any other reason? I myself have a cautious admiration for the military, HOWEVER I am also supportive of strong centralized government and the rule of authority. I do not identify as a small-government conservative.
On the one hand gun owners are always ranting about the evils of a centralized, controlling government, especially when said government attempts to regulate firearms.
On the other gun owners tend to be admiring of the military, which is perhaps the ultimate expression of the government's ability to project force and control.
It is also confusing to me when gun owners lionize the military while condemning police and the federal investigative agencies such as ATF.
Is it because:
Political conservatives support the military and gun owners tend to be conservatives?
Soldiers get to play with weapons to which civilians have no access?
Many gun owners are prior military?
Or any other reason? I myself have a cautious admiration for the military, HOWEVER I am also supportive of strong centralized government and the rule of authority. I do not identify as a small-government conservative.