There aren’t enough leftist gun owners, sadly.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 days ago
What a hot take, as if firearm owners are all the same, as if there are not left leaning gun owners.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 3 days ago
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
As clearly can be seen by the distinct lack of ICE shootouts.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Personal firearms have basically never been used to resist government tyranny in the US or entire rest of the developed world.
What does consistently work is mass mobilization and turning out in numbers.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Yeah, did you read the examples you gave?
Your literal only modern example is a case in Fiji, an island with a population the size of Nashville, Tennessee, and army of 6,500 people.
And the coup was only successful because the special forces unit of the army that was run by a former SAS commander joined them and armed them.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
IRA does not count? Really? The dropping of small arms for resistance fighters? Come on, you are getting as selective as you are wrong.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The result of several decades from NRA successfully screaming Dems gonna get you guns!
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 days ago
And dems demonizing gun ownership. Seems it worked out great for the right (er) wing.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
No, it really didn’t benefit them in any meaningful way.
Widespread gun ownership has gotten an enormous number of innocent people killed though.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Well in the states yes, since it is seen as some sort of right and not a privilege that requires basic safety training. The rest of the planet seems to be more sensible.