The Basic American Trilemma: Pick 2 of 3: non-militarized SWATty police, freedom of assembly, freedom to bear arms
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Replying to @vgr
Are you counting Vegas' packed sidewalks as an "assembly?"
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Replying to @vgr
Same basic thing, though. Lots of people in one place. Easy lines of fire.
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Replying to @atthatmatt
Yeah, and also conceptually a generalization (dense urban living is a kind of broader pattern of persistent assembly).
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Replying to @vgr @atthatmatt
The point is just clearer with literal kinds of intentional assembly designed in part to collectively exercise free speech/religion/press
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Replying to @vgr
I'm questioning the clarity. Even places without right-to-carry can have trucks driven through their assemblies.
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Well, anything can be weaponized. The question is, how easily, with how much leverage. "Arms" and "assembly" are fuzzy sets.
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