Comment on I'm doing my part

• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It requires not allowing the police to be outgunned by terrorists.

  Notice that it was after the LA bank robbery in the 90s, where two guys had tons of body armour and military rifles and outgunned the LAPD with their 6 shooters, that you suddenly saw every single police force across the country militarize and by assault rifles, body armour, and APCs.

  Notice how in the UK their cops still patrol without guns.

  The state will always maintain a monopoly on the top level of violence. The idea of gun ownership to oppose the state is laughable. Notice: right now, no gun owners using them to oppose the state.

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  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I agree those people are foolish, but my statement was about the relationship between terrorists and the state.

    1. A state like the US will always have more firepower than a single terrorist group.
    2. A population where everyone is armed will also almost certainly have more firepower than a single terrorist group, too.

    The power dynamic is between the terrorists and anyone who would oppose them, not just the state. You also reference police, when terrorists are basically always ultimately handled by a military force, which will have a monopoly on violence regardless of how one ignorantly attempts to organize or arm their police.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A population where everyone is armed will also almost certainly have more firepower than a single terrorist group, too.

      It will also arm a whole shit of load terrorists, and people just having a bad day.

      The power dynamic is between the terrorists and anyone who would oppose them, not just the state.

      Yeah, and now you’ve raised the floor massively.

      when terrorists are basically always ultimately handled by a military force

      [citation needed]

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