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Isn’t the second amendment about exactly that?

• WJW 6y ago
  The government has weapons that are literally thousands of times more destructive than anything you can wield under the second amendment. That's just apart from the fact that the vast majority of citizens cannot afford even a single fighter jet or cruise missile.
  • frockington1 6y ago
    I'm all for citizens owning cruise missiles but, I think that's missing the point. The point is that an organized and armed population of say Vietnamese farmers could theoretically hold off against the largest power in the world until they decided to move on
    • magicsmoke 6y ago
      Sure, but after they move on you're left with nothing but your homes burnt down and your family dead, while they're still the largest economic and military power in the world living it up in their first-world mansions. Pyrrhic victories taste just like defeat.
      • shiftpgdn 6y ago
        The american airforce and navy are quite small (thousands of ships). A well placed strike force couple wipe the whole thing out. And then you're back to guys with rifles, unless you're going to start dropping nukes.