Capitol Demonstration Question

@MistyCee I think he is suggesting the OP is implying an attempted coup and treason was just a "demonstration". Not sure where the second amendment matters there.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Correct. If OP would just call an insurrection attempt an insurrection attempt, we might be able to reach some common ground. But he talks about it as if they were just standing outside on the sidewalk with signs and megaphones.

@LordShadowfire And sadly if there are not real consequences from top to bottom this will be practice, not a failed attempt.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I don't think it should, but I also don't think the Second Amendment was ever intended to provide folks a right to self defense against a lawful government.

But that's just me. People wanting to destroy civilization and the human species obviously disagree and even though I don't buy it's in the Second Amendment, I think anarchists have more leverage under the First.

@MistyCee I feel like what we should do in order to follow the spirit of the Second Amendment is this. We create state and federal militias, and establish bases with weapons storage centers and training facilities, so that people who are serious about protecting our country can train with firearms, and we don't have to worry about them falling into the wrong hands. We could even have specialized divisions of the militia training people to fly airplanes with special guns attached to them, and pilot battleships in the ocean.

@LordShadowfire Like, ," provide for the common defense"?
Too bad we can't agree on the rest like the "general welfare.".

I swear, I get the old farts who thought Sesame Street was hippy shit, but it's the people who didn't watch Schoolhouse Rock that I can't stomach.