“Can deter tyranny.” Please explain what that would actually look like in practice in the 21st century.
Rifles are used in c. 300 homicides/year in US, but can deter tyranny. Handguns are used in c. 6,000 homicides/year, but can't deter tyranny. Interesting that mainstream media supports banning the first, but not the second. HT @JonHaidt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/mar/23/parkland-students-manifesto-americas-gun-laws …
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Don't make me laugh! You can have a whole community armed with rifles and be blown to pieces by an elite squad. That's not how you fight tyranny, at least not effectively. It's sad that you're fueling this conspiratory mindset.
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Guess that explains why Vietnam and Afghanistan were such quick, easy wins for American air power.
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Remember Vietnam? Afghanistan? It's called asymmetric warfare. And US military personnel will follow unlawful orders to fire on other US citizens. Ask some what they'd do.
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Handguns Can’t deter tyranny? Of course you have empirical proof of this, right? Show us please. We’ll wait.
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Interesting point, but even rifles cannot stand against a federal government with nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, stealth bombers, helicopters, armour, and regular trained soldiers with heavy weapons. .../2
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Interesting. However, it doesn't seem to me all that convincing that rifles can materially deter tyranny given modern military capabilities.
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