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>This is an excellent example of good reasons for gun ownership. The common argument against 2nd amendment is that the government has nukes. You cant overthrow

>This is an excellent example of good reasons for gun ownership. The common argument against 2nd amendment is that the government has nukes. You cant overthrow the government with hunting rifles anymore. It's a valid point, you should only ever need guns to overthrow your government in times it has gotten too tyrannical. Said tyrannical government would likely freely nuke their own people. An evil enemy, will burn his own nation to the ground….to rule over the ashes. -sun tzu Did you see what Biden had to say?: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-57590483 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-57590483 I'm not even American, but I know what the 2nd amendment says. Biden was not right there. Sure you need a license and some reasonable exceptions exist for your right to build bombs in the USA. Most people in the USA can build and own bombs. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/6jdgeu/are_you_allowed_to_own_bombs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/6jdgeu/are_y... Americans can get https://tannerite.com/ https://tannerite.com/ delivered to your door... LOL I bet the mailman doesn't know. Biden actively threatened to nuke the insurrectionists. Which maybe you haven't been following... Wikipedia doesn't even call it an insurrection anymore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_att... And if you followed the court cases. Some "insurrectionists" plead guilty to crimes. But all those that went to court are being found not-guilty. These people were all found on video being allowed in by police. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/politics/matthew-martin-capitol-acquittal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/politics/matthew-marti... Then you have Biden saying to expect "real" food shortages: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/biden-says-to-expect-real-food-shortages-due-to-ukraine-war https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/biden-say...

powerslacker 5y ago
If nuclear weapons are such a powerful detterent to a poorly-armed asymmetric insurgency, then why do you think the US didn't decide to use nuclear weapons in Afghanistan/Iraq?
- incomingpain 5y ago
  >If nuclear weapons are such a powerful detterent to a poorly-armed asymmetric insurgency, then why do you think the US didn't decide to use nuclear weapons in Afghanistan/Iraq? Yes I do think so. Nuclear weapons are a VERY powerful deterrence. As we see, then instead of a primary name vs primary name war. It's now primary name vs minor, minor, minor, insurgency, minor. Why did they never use nukes in middle east? Because they ratified the geneva protocol in 75 and can't use them. Foreign vs Domestic consequences of using nukes is similar but not the same.

powerslacker 5y ago

If nuclear weapons are such a powerful detterent to a poorly-armed asymmetric insurgency, then why do you think the US didn't decide to use nuclear weapons in Afghanistan/Iraq?

incomingpain 5y ago
>If nuclear weapons are such a powerful detterent to a poorly-armed asymmetric insurgency, then why do you think the US didn't decide to use nuclear weapons in Afghanistan/Iraq? Yes I do think so. Nuclear weapons are a VERY powerful deterrence. As we see, then instead of a primary name vs primary name war. It's now primary name vs minor, minor, minor, insurgency, minor. Why did they never use nukes in middle east? Because they ratified the geneva protocol in 75 and can't use them. Foreign vs Domestic consequences of using nukes is similar but not the same.