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[-] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Serious questions how would guns have prevented the insurrection?

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I think they mean you want to have guns AFTER the insurrection.

But then, what good are AR-15s against Abrams and F35s?

[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

An F-35 can't stand on a street corner and enforce martial law. This argument falls apart when you look at any armed resistance fighting oppression.

[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Did America not just lose a forever war against a bunch of dudes in the desert with AKs and homemade bombs?

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Russia is finding out that even those planes and tanks are obsolete compared to cheap drones. At this point any laws we make won't matter at all in Civil War II.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But then, what good are AR-15s against Abrams and F35s?

Heres the thing about civil war. You don't need to fight the f35. You live where the pilot, and his family lives. Theres a reason civil war is a last resort and it's not because it's unwinnable, it's because there's not much justification for the steps you have to take, so the ends better be damn well justified. To think American is some how immune to how civil conflicts work is fantasy.

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