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PugJesus@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
ROUND BULLETS FOR CHRISTIANS
SQUARE BULLETS FOR TURKS
Explanation For Those Wondering: The Puckle Gun was an 18th century British experimental weapon, depicted, which was a stationary weapon capable of rapid-fire (for the period). It was marketed without much success, but one of the curiousities is that round (normal) bullets were recommended for fellow ‘Christian’ enemies, while square bullets were recommended for ‘Turks’ and other ‘heathens’.
lmdnw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People love trotting out the ‘only muskets existed’ argument against the 2nd Amendment but the Puckle gun alone blows that up, multi-shot weapons were already a known concept before the Constitution was even written. The Founders said ‘arms.’ They meant arms.
The whole point was an armed citizenry as a hard stop against government tyranny. That doesn’t become less true because the calendar changed.
What kills me is that the people most vocal about the dangers of rising authoritarianism are the same ones pushing to disarm themselves. You can’t spend every day posting about fascism and then advocate for being defenseless against it. Pick one.
Frankly I want to see a serious movement to get firearms into the hands of trans people, minorities, and marginalized communities broadly. The 2nd Amendment was literally written for people facing genuine threats to their safety and freedom. Self defense isn’t a right-wing value, it belongs to everyone. You want to make life difficult for bigots and oppressors? An armed population they can’t push around is a damn good start.