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    1. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      That is the most motivated reasoning I’ve ever heard. The cost of tyranny within an area that’s decently armed and willing to fight back far exceeds that of a complicit populous trained to behave.

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    2. Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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      Firstly, it would be impossible for a tyrant to realistically emerge in the US due to separation of powers. Secondly, if a tyrant were to somehow emerge, *and* have full support of military, what would an AR-15 possibly do against a F-22?

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    3. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      Ok, so you apparently haven’t been witnessing the dissolution of separation occurring over the past 30 years. And how much do F-22s cost to operate? And how likely is their use to trigger increased resistance and insurgency? Ya gotta think these things through...

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    4. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      A first line of civil defense establishes a hedge against initial escalation. If that weren’t true, we’d already have extremely strict gun laws like many other countries that didn’t possess cultures of armed self-defense and a philosophical history of institutional distrust.

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    5. Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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      This reasoning is debunked here. (Of course, you won't accept it without a fight, but if you want to know what I think, it's probably better to read this rather than an endless back and forth in 280 chars): https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/why-the-citizen-militia-theory-is-the-worst-pro-gun-argument-ever/272734/ …

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    6. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      I’ve read it, and couldn’t imagine a sillier line of reasoning. Anyone who makes the case that there’s no difference—with respect to probable abuses of power—between an armed and unarmed nation is simply deluding themselves. The differential game theory is painfully obvious.

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    7. Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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      The article shows why it isn't. But it's clear we won't agree, so rather than stress ourselves out trying to convince each other, it's probably best to put a nail in this, and do something more productive. Despite the disagreement, it's always interesting talking to you 😊

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    8. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      I don’t see how it does. It just tells a very specific story about a few circumstances in which guns were used in ways that the author dislikes. It says nothing of the actual system dynamics or game theory. But sure, consider it nailed.

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    9. Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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      The point the author (and I) disputed was your belief that a militia is a hedge against tyranny. It uses examples of how it was not only ineffectual in history, but also led to tyranny of looters, etc. I knew you wouldn't agree; just wanted you to see where I'm coming from.

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    10. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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      I said nothing about militias. That was the cultural seed of the amendment. It’s now 300 million guns and a healthy skepticism of centralized power, networkable using modern cryptography and mesh nets in the near future. That’s why their argument is a straw man of high order.

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      Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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      There may be a healthy skepticism of centralised power, but gun ownership is pretty centralised. Apparently, nearly half of US guns are owned by just 3% of population. That's still far away from your dream of a true diffusion of power.

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        2. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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          What % of iraqi citizens were active combatants?

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        3. Gurindoor‏ @G_S_Bhogal 15 Feb 2018
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          Dunno, but a large proportion of them were jihadi maniacs who used their weapons to rape and behead civilians, and would later go on to form the core of ISIS.

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        1. Matthew Pirkowski‏ @MattPirkowski 15 Feb 2018
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          All natural distributions are power laws. Long tails matter.

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