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[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Not to put too fine a point on it but this is exactly what the entire rest of the world would say when 2A cultists would talk about how "guns keep da gubmint in check".

Maybe, instead of wasting money, blood and political capital on making sure every psycho could pack heat it may have been wiser to spend it on firming up the laws and protecting against exactly what is happening now. For example, maybe a President responsible for a coup should not have been on the ballot.

The people who talked like that the most are fine with this and the party that enabled them also did everything they could to break it.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I think you'll find that it's a whole lot easier to find people willing to kill for a paycheck, rather than dying for one.

Meaning of course, bring guns to protests to show that you have them. Those chicken shits wont start shooting if they are at risk of dying themselves.

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 0 points 5 days ago

Conservatives believe that giving food stamps to single moms is the Tyranny they're defending against. The Left strongly supports gun rights too but are dramatically outnumbered by liberals.