Uh, I mean, John Brown wasn't exactly fighting his war with legal guns, so the modern context of liberals being in favor of gun control isn't all that applicable. "Beecher's Bibles" were illegally shipped into Bleeding Kansas, John Brown butchered a few slavers with a broadsword (very metal), and his most prominent action involved raiding a government armory in order to get guns.

Think on this my gun grabbing friends; What if the local cops or feds thought they were walking into your home might be Ruby Ridge II Bugaloo?

Not sure that defending a white nationalist twat is really the left take you want here.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Excellent point! But no, in the fight against fascism, I don't particularly care where one gets their guns. As to legality, the bad guys are doing it, why not all of us?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (10 children)

As to legality, the bad guys are doing it, why not all of us?

I would only find that argument compelling in the context of advocating for the complete overthrow of the current government. Otherwise it just sounds an awful lot like LARPing of the same sort that... well, militia movement types who glorify Ruby Ridge engage in.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

If you want the fight to be more even, guns are a fucking waste of time. You’d need armed drones dropping grenades like in Ukraine. Or IEDs like the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The cops already assume too many houses are armed up like ruby ridge and they go in no-knock warranting and shoot your dog while blinding and burning your toddler “just in case”.

The more guns proliferate the more on edge we all get, and cops aren’t the ones that are gonna be more respectful with more people armed. Quite the fucking opposite has been true so far.

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