Comment on I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.

jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• miked@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  When have the citizens of the US used weapons to stop tyranny?

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  • ChillPenguin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Never. A vast majority of them clap when the tyranny pushes their boots on the citizens necks.

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  • Rewolb_W@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How do you think the fascists would be operating at this moment if they knew they could attack anyone, anywhere, any home, with absolute impunity?

    “But they’re already doing that!”

    Nope, not so much as they would. Notice the places they’re snatching people, public spaces where arms are not allowed, in typically unarmed states and cities. Why the hell are they not raiding Texas and Florida where there are shitloads of immigrants?

    Not that I think the actors in Ruby Ridge and Waco were saints, but notice we haven’t seen anything like that since? These fuckers are much more cautious now. Which, I will allow, can make the same fuckers more dangerous. I get that too.

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    • Waryle@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Why the hell are they not raiding Texas and Florida where there are shitloads of immigrants?

      They are, your assumption is false.

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Fool. The states of armed citizens are all more tyrannical, authoritarian, and violent. They HAVE to be.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They’d already be kicking down doors with impunity. People seem to thinks guns are kill machines when they’re often a deterrence.

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  • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They already are.

    Americans are cowards.

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