• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    You don’t know that!! Just think how tyrannical the USA would be if its citizens WEREN’T armed!!!

    Edit: I hate that I have to say this was ironic.

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        2 days ago

        How do you think the fascists would be operating at this moment if they knew they could attack anyone, anywhere, any home, with absolute impunity?

        “But they’re already doing that!”

        Nope, not so much as they would. Notice the places they’re snatching people, public spaces where arms are not allowed, in typically unarmed states and cities. Why the hell are they not raiding Texas and Florida where there are shitloads of immigrants?

        Not that I think the actors in Ruby Ridge and Waco were saints, but notice we haven’t seen anything like that since? These fuckers are much more cautious now. Which, I will allow, can make the same fuckers more dangerous. I get that too.

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          2 days ago

          Why the hell are they not raiding Texas and Florida where there are shitloads of immigrants?

          They are, it’s literally the two most targeted states, your assumption is false.

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      2 days ago

      They’d already be kicking down doors with impunity. People seem to thinks guns are kill machines when they’re often a deterrence.