• fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Valid reason 1. In order to increase the cost of wide spread authoritarian action against the people of the Unites States.

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      2 months ago

      Americans like to say that but when fascists and authoritarians turn up the most gun obsessed Americans always love them.

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      2 months ago

      But the 2nd amendment doesn’t increase the cost of authoritarian action. DeSantis just sent rounds of police to people’s homes for signing petitions to put abortion on the ballot in Florida.

      The 2nd amendment didn’t do jack shit to stop him from threatening people for their free speech. Because if a squad of a dozen cops lands on your front door, whether you like it or not you’re either going to be shot, detained, your guns taken away, etc. Having a gun doesn’t change that. You’re fucked, gun or not, if the state sends armed personnel to your home.

      And arguably you’re more fucked if you have a gun because of how trigger happy cops are. The moment they think you’re armed they’ll shoot you.

      • jerkface@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        Right? You don’t need rights to take up arms against the government, and rights aren’t going to fucking help you if you try.