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What is anyone supposed to do? All the checks and balances that are supposed to safeguard against this are non-functional, by choice. The only option is censored from even being mentioned and it means possibly fucking dying.
Aren't there a lot more civilian gun owners than law enforcement? I thought that was the idea behind the second amendment
No, the idea was that a good militia is all you need to keep a country safe, and that a federal army is a tool for government oppression. That's what the writers saw all over Europe at the time, so they made sure the fix that in their new country.
And then everyone pretended that wasn't the case
Technically you only need one bullet. A lot of this support for Maga in the US hinges on just one guy. Who would replace him? There is no one who will gain as much traction. And remember: as long as dictators die, liberty will never perish.
Next in line is JD "Couchfucker" Vance, which is like Trump, but with more brains (and totally onboard with project 2025); and even if you get him too, the next in line is Christofascist Mike Johnson, who would probably go the shortest route to Gilead if both his predecessors got assassinated.
That's more shooting luck than anyone will ever get, even if the Secret Service didn't look too hot when Trump got shot at.
I know it's not feasible, but that is the argument that second amendment proponents make all the time. I would have expected to see them try, at least
Doing nothing means possibly fucking dying as well.
Might as well go out being Player 2.
Only censored on reddit.
it's america. if a masked random person attempts to abduct you, you fight for your life. and you do the same if you see it happening to someone else
And if it turns out to be a cop or ice agent, can you be charged, imprisoned or legally killed for doing so? There are laws for declaring that you're an officer, that was a safeguard so people could reasonably defend themselves. How strongly is that being protected right now under Trump?
Follow the money.
So there was no check or balance against money. Well, there was, taxes. But that stopped working mid century.
Citizens United is widely seen as the last wall preventing the rich from buying control of the country.