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>"small arms" are now basically ineffective arms Are you sure? Half of the grunts in an US infantry platoon carry only weapons (specifically the M-4) available
by frank2 6y ago
>"small arms" are now basically ineffective arms
Are you sure? Half of the grunts in an US infantry platoon carry only weapons (specifically the M-4) available to civilians.
Civilians' having small arms greatly increases the number of soldiers needed to repress them, and the more soldiers needed, the more likely soldiers will revolt against the repression.
- mulmen 6y agoThe M4 is not available to civilians. And don't try to tell me an AR-15 is the same thing as an M4. What does the other half of the platoon carry? The argument here seems to be that civilians do not have an effective counter for an F-35. Or a B-52. Or an M1 Abrams.
- SamPatt 6y agoTens of millions of armed citizens is absolutely an effective counter to any threat. Imagine keeping supply lines moving across a country this large if you knew millions of armed people would try to shut you down.
- frank2 6y ago>What does the other half of the platoon carry? M249 light machine guns and M240 medium machine guns, neither of which are available to US civilians.
- pluto9 6y ago> And don't try to tell me an AR-15 is the same thing as an M4. For all intents and purposes, they are the same. An M4 has a barrel that is 1.5" shorter than most civilian AR15s and it has a 3-round burst setting that is almost never used because it's worthless. I've spent a considerable amount of time behind both of them and I assure you they are functionally identical in basically every real-world use case.