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What does Project 2025, "Make a Christo Fascist Shithole," say about gun control and 2A?
I thought that was a good question so I looked it up, not least because one of the right's oft-repeated accusations has been that "the libruls want to take our guns!" which to me means that the right has been thinking about taking them all along.
Historically, authoritarian regimes are NOT big on letting citizens defend themselves against government, which is how the US got the Second Amendment to start with, so I'm still low-key convinced that the long-term strategy here is to create an environment of regular stochastic terrorism until the military is fully on board, and then to react to that public carnage by declaring all privately-held firearms illegal as part of the move to full martial law.
But in the meantime, as the Brady Campaign, a long-established gun control group, says, for Project 2025 the plan is "Guns everywhere."
Project 2025 also seems to have a particular aversion to state-level concealed carry laws, and wants to overturn those as well.
There is a good amount of information out there if you're interested in looking further but that's the gist of it. Project 2025 = guns are good, and lots of 'em . . . at least for now.
Good on you for being so helpful. You're what's good about this community. ❤️
(Sarcastically) Finally, an unexpectedly bipartisan opinion!
I imagine they had it in their heads that all of those left-of-fascist are cowering hoplophobes who won't defend themselves when abused.
This will bite them in the ass, hopefully soon before or after the tsunami of "find out" from their other ideas does.
I'm of the firm belief that our current society's issue with weapons is based in a distinct and highly politicized lack of education and sense of responsibilities around them.
The more we educate and train as a community, the better prepared we'll be to protect ourselves and our neighbors, and the more the the blowhard cowards who need a big bad boss to do their thinking for them will think twice.
Thank you and +1! I find it odd that Project 2025 supports "LIBERAL" gun policies, because when Mango F'n Mussolini goes for the full power grab, he must control the guns.