Thanks to the good folks at @TheAtlantic for running this piece — Here I try to explain “gun culture,” not as a product of the NRA or Congress but rather the lived experience of a vital and close-knit American community:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/gun-culture/554351/ …
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No I’m imagining a scenario in which the government uses a vast arsenal of drone weaponry to systematically wipe out any insurrection
Ask any drone pilot whether they'd be willing to violate their oath of enlistment and follow an illegal order to fire on US citizens within US territory. Seriously. Ask one.
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Please detail a plausible scenario in which these weapons would be used. At a certain point the cost of dead Americans must outweigh the benefit of our citizens being able to use weapons that couldn’t possibly succeed in their purported purpose. It’s crazy
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Did you even click the link to the book I cited? Without guns, the Civil Rights Movement would have failed.
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Right! Our government and military are homes to many many good people. Why do we insist on this right for insurrection with weapons that can’t possibly hurt the tyrant at the expense of innocent citizens?
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I don't understand. You don't trust the gvmt or the military, but you don't want citizens to be armed to try to defend themselves against them if it hits the fan? Just because you don't think we'd have a chance, what, you think we should just sit back and let them mow us down?
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