Political Memes

also the "it's so i can overthrow the government" crowd was mostly (though not universally) talking about a dangerous persona like a black woman, not their godking pedophile. the people with guns who would challenge this are maybe 2% of the population and 0.5% of the firepower of the united states military forces.

learn from our mistake: never let a single faction develop a monopoly on access to violence

Which is the same with any sport. Most people don't own a kayak, the people who do typically own multiple.

Am American. The only nuance they missed is that not every American has 100 AKs, but the ones that do have been screaming about 'protecting us from tyranny' for decades, then sided with the tyrants

Don't overeact, the US ain't France where half of the popular opinion is leftist, pro-strike and progressive and the other is outdated hateful conservatism. Instead, to most of the international population, the press corruption is very apparent since the popular opinion is very uniform and both of your politcal parties have times and times failed to recognize popular ideas and keep up the neo-liberalism, foreign interventionism and collaboration with lobbyists.

It's not an attack on individual americans, it's someone pointing out obvious systemic flaws that show in the way the citizens behave.

Turns out the lax gun laws were never meant to protect the citizens from the government, but to protect the government from the people, because easy militia. I know that ICE doesn't use their member's private guns, but fact is that most of their members are gun owners who eagerly applied to join ICE. They have been waiting for an opportunity to roam the streets and shoot people legally for ages. They have been conditioned for times like these.

My best buddy is hard core 2A, not full right wing but he tows the line. He's literally been preparing for this exact scenario the past 15 years of his life. When I ask him about this he says "there's two sides to every story" then he spits out the same drivel they all spew. I told him the problem is that he and the rest of the 2A folks are just as afraid as the rest of us. They just don't want to admit it. Probably more afraid, because I haven't been building a small arsenal the past few years. All those guns, ammo, and fancy gear for what? It's fucking cosplay. A nerdy hobby. Like model trains but these 2A cunts all act like a tough guy that'll lay down the law if push comes to shove. Well we are being shoved. What now? At least take the guns to a protest so they can get some fresh air. Are these 2A folks afraid their guns might get dirty or something?

It was a powerful lie to convince most gun owners that a "right to a well-regulated militia" meant being able to individually own a gun and never be trained to use it or organize.

Heretic!

If those gun toting hicks could read. They'd be very upset.

It's almost as if some form of militia, possibly a well regulated one, would also be necessary.

What are the guns for then? I thought the second amendment was to fight the government? But now you're saying being armed is not enough?

Why even let people arm themselves, if all they do with the weapons is school shootings?

most people who care are also intelligent enough to realize that just opening fire is a losing move

I imagine ICE would be less openly hostile when there would be a legitimate risk of getting shot by a vigilante.

Not saying it justifies having the amount of guns Americans have, but since they already have them they should be used for the reason they have them, to oppose a tyrannical government.

That is what the authoritarians who actually want to take away their guns keep telling them!

It may be a thin argument, but also... very accurate in practice. Politicians have been incredibly effective at sorting gun owners to just one side of the political spectrum.