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0 pointsAncapistani1y ago0 comments

Correct.

I always feel the need to preface this statement when I make it here, so here we go: this is in no way meant as a threat or even a statement of my own political beliefs. It is my belief based on being a member of these communities for decades.

Any attempt to ban firearms in the United States would result in more death and injury than the problems it is intended to solve. The American people will not give up their arms without bloodshed.

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squigz1y ago

I love this argument. Your little cache of weapons isn't going to do anything against trained soldiers.

NoMoreNicksLeft1y ago

Your argument is absurd... we have real world counter-examples. When people were complaining about the recent Iraq conflict (and Afghanistan too), the complaints were always "not enough boots on the ground". Turns out that what wins wars is men with rifles. Not tanks, battleships, or next generation fighter jets.

Worse than the logic of your argument, is the morality of it. If trained soldiers are oppressing people, then not only is it rational to retain the means to fight back against them, but it's a moral imperative. Stupidity might be forgiven, you can't will yourself to be smarter than you were born. Moral cowardice is a choice, a disgusting one.

NoMoreNicksLeft1y ago

>Any attempt to ban firearms in the United States would result in more death and injury than the problems it is intended to solve.

This is a very generous assumption. I instead assume that the problem that it intends to solve is "how does a government crank down hard on its citizens so that they become some sort of Stalinesque serfs who have no power and those which survive mindlessly obey"... in that scenario, gun prohibition isn't just a good idea but probably a necessary precondition.

For obvious reasons, even if gun control advocates are privy to that reasoning, public relations demands that they not say that part out loud.

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0 pointsAncapistani1y ago0 comments

Correct.

Any attempt to ban firearms in the United States would result in more death and injury than the problems it is intended to solve. The American people will not give up their arms without bloodshed.

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squigz1y ago

I love this argument. Your little cache of weapons isn't going to do anything against trained soldiers.

NoMoreNicksLeft1y ago

>Any attempt to ban firearms in the United States would result in more death and injury than the problems it is intended to solve.

For obvious reasons, even if gun control advocates are privy to that reasoning, public relations demands that they not say that part out loud.

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