Irony

     So throughout the Obama years in particular, gun control proponents (primarily the political Left but some on the establishment political Right) have mocked the idea that a tyranny could ever form in this country (in reference to when gun rights people talk about right to resist tyranny via arms). Yet then Donald Trump gets elected and one would think Adolf Hitler himself was now in the White House. If anything, for those on the Left who really do truly see Trump as a potential tyrant, it would be an example of why the right to arms is so important, because we know from history that seriously big things and extreme events can happen in relatively short periods of time. There is a joke that goes that in the late 19th century, Germany began the process of modernizing and within only sixty years was a modern country.

     While I do not see Trump as any tyrant, real tyrants very much could be elected into power by the people in the same way. That is how Hitler got into power. He was elected into office, then the German people voted and approved to give him dictatorial powers. Such history is a prime example of why the right to arms is so important to protect, as we never know if a true tyrant could somehow come to power in the future.