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Its a reason you need to keep the people in your military against the totalitarianists. US police officers kill about 1000 people a year, guns don't seem to pr
by iso1210 6y ago
Its a reason you need to keep the people in your military against the totalitarianists.
US police officers kill about 1000 people a year, guns don't seem to protect them.
- da_big_ghey 6y agoYes you are right on this. Policeman killing is random in most case, so not surprpse here. Also one may not be using gun against police; I am presuming that in rebelion one may, state monopoley on force is going out the window.
- iso1210 6y agoThe state has no monopoly on force. The US armed forces are made up of US citizens. They are sworn to defend the constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic. That could include a president and congress, it could include corporations, it could include Canada. The narrative of armed citizens operating in a structure to defend citizens and the constitution works fine if you don't have armed citizens operating in a structure to defend citizens and the constitution. If you lose hearts and minds of one group armed US citizens (the military), why is your group of armed citizens any more justified? If you don't lose it, why do you need the armaments?