Say it with a conditional
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Replying to @telmudic
If the USG, or a replacement state, wishes to enforce its will en masse via direct force of arms, then guns are an important part of making that much, much more difficult.
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Replying to @orthonormalist @telmudic
As far as the 'usefulness' of it against combined arms...pic.twitter.com/bmhues01MF
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Replying to @orthonormalist @telmudic
Active military is ~1.5M in the US, vs ~210M adults. Have fun.
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Replying to @Duderichy @telmudic
Ex-military is ~20M, for comparison. Much larger than 1.5M.
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And what happens when, like in the real world, those veterans are not all heroes on your side? When the veterans split down political lines, or are even supportive of the dictatorial government?
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Then everything fucking falls apart! That's fine too.
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Fine, then go ahead and delete all this dumb crap and let the adults talk then.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @JamesMMiller2 and
Basically, holding the country hostage is part of the framework for why there being 300 million guns and growing (close to 20 million new ones sold last year) is a good thing.
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no i agree
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Replying to @eigenrobot @JamesMMiller2 and
Yeah I was just trying to not split the thread, bro.

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