Yeah it's hypocritical. Every politician who's ever been elected has told a lie at some point. They're trying to appeal to everyone at the same time. An assault weapons ban would have a negative impact on a very small percentage of citizens in comparison, every citizen stands to benefit from his stance on BTC and property rights.

I do. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Does not mean “government regulated.” or “individual.” Private armies have existed throughout history and the outcome of the revolutionary war would have been much different without them. I believe the 2nd Amendment was a warning that Governments always get too big and intended to allow for private armies with equal power to that of the federal government to exist in order to ensure the freedom of the people if the need to challenge the government ever arose.

A counter question, how can a Bitcoiner support a centralized government that exists mostly to grow itself and limit individual freedoms? There is more broken in the way the people are governed than our money.

#civildebate

Either you're for personal liberties or you aren't. I'll never understand people who are willing to leverage the state to enforce their preferences, but don't want their own rights stripped.

Maybe if governments didn’t kill so many people I might agree

Yes