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> "“But we’re supposed to protect against tyranny! I need the same weapons the military would come at me with!” Dude. You know where I can get an Apache helicop
by foolrush 9y ago
> "“But we’re supposed to protect against tyranny! I need the same weapons the military would come at me with!” Dude. You know where I can get an Apache helicopter and a Paladin?! Hook a girl up! Seriously, though, do you really think you’d be able to hold off the government with an individual level weapon? Because you wouldn’t. One grenade, and you’re toast. Don’t have these illusions of standing up to the government, and needing military style rifles for that purpose. You’re not going to stand up to the government with this thing. They’d take you out in about half a second."
https://agingmillennialengineer.com/2018/02/15/fuck-you-i-like-guns-2/ https://agingmillennialengineer.com/2018/02/15/fuck-you-i-li...
*Edit: Set link to original military poster.
- foxhound6 9y agoSounds like the author isn't familiar with the history of Vietnam, Afghanistan, or Iraq.
- aalleavitch 9y agoYou mean places that all prove that weapons mean fuck-all compared to actual deep and lasting social change in fighting corrupt governments and belief systems? The only way to actually defend yourself against a corrupt government is to change hearts and minds.
- foxhound6 9y agoI was merely disproving the fact that a motivated population with rifles can't fight and (in the case of Vietnam) defeat the world's largest military. The jury is still out on Iraq/Afghanistan.
- keiferski 9y agoI don’t have a particularly strong opinion on guns either way, but this kind of argument never made sense to me. The continual quagmire that is Iraq and Afghanistan for Coalition Forces almost immediately disproves it. The objective isn’t to “win” in a conventional war, it’s to be a perpetual resistance. See Napoleon’s misadventures in Spain (the source of the term ‘guerilla’) for a pre-modern example.