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Guns for law-abiding people are probably not bad

I think it's a little bit odd when people tell me that they need weapons because the government could become tyrannical and use the army on the people.

What are you going to do with your small weapon when they send in the tanks ? They have drones and planes. I doubt the people would win.

The best argument to carry weapons is to use the weapon in self defense towards a criminal.


Have you played battlefield ? You might be a soldier running around with a weapon but the tanks will blow you up and you can't hurt them back.
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wildbill83 · 36-40, M
posse comitatus act; it's illegal for federal government to use active military as police (to do so would be an act of treason, punishable by death); would be an unlawful order for any military personnel to follow, and they'd be committing perjury by breaking sworn oath.

besides, tanks are easy targets without infantry support, and use of aircraft would incur too much collateral damage to even be considered.

at best, the only thing such an attempt would accomplish is a refusal from most of the military to comply, at worst, a military coup d'etat against the federal government with state backing...

then you have to consider that there are over 19 million veterans in the US (3-4 million of them combat veterans), and I doubt many of them would take such an abuse of government lying down... I certainly wouldn't.

The democrats and media are terrified out of their wits any time some mentally ill active shooter that isn't trained/disciplined starts shooting up some place, or a few civilians protest at the capital...

Imagine how they'd feel if a few million trained/disciplined combat veterans decided to start picking off politicians and government employees?

tanks and planes are scary to civilians and video game players... snipers/marksmen are scary to tyrants...