• BaldProphet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Sorry bud, but safety is absolutely a factor. The top mass murders of the 20th century (body counts in tens of millions) were preceded by the disarmament of the targeted groups by the government. The Second Amendment exists to help prevent that kind of thing happening here.

    As long as the police are generally corrupt and unreliable, and as long as the United States has a standing army, there will never be an amendment revoking the right to keep and bear arms. If such an amendment does come to pass, there will be a civil war and likely an end to the American experiment.

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      1 year ago

      This is the most stupid “argument” in this discussion so far. As if a bunch of armed civilian loonies could prevent the government from going rogue.

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        1 year ago

        As if a bunch of armed civilian loonies could prevent the government from going rogue

        See: Vietnam. See: Afghanistan.

        Both of these countries laugh at that notion.