• @wewbull@feddit.uk
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    81 day ago

    You’re right. It’s a liberal idea to allow the (largely) unregulated possession of firearms. However, it takes a certain mindset to pickup that forearm and try to decide how the country is run with it through armed insurrection. One that’s more akin to authoritarian, or at least paternalism.

    Personally I feel if the 2nd amendment is there for this reason, the ln the no kings marches should have had arms. That’s a powderkeg scenario and we’d probably be looking at hundreds dead at this point. However if there was ever a reason for the 2nd amendment, this is it and that’s the cost. Otherwise there’s no point in the right to bear arms and you should scrap it.

    • @nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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      121 hours ago

      That’s a fair statement.

      I don’t think we are there yet. It will be far better for our country if our problems can be solved by diplomatic and political means, and we are far from running out of levers to pull.

      • @wewbull@feddit.uk
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        116 hours ago

        I’m not sure what you’re waiting for in terms of warning signs. They’ve taken the military into LA under the pretence of “liberating the city from socialism”.