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Sure, I've made this argument myself. I don't see its relevance to what I've said here.
by mindslight 3y ago
Sure, I've made this argument myself. I don't see its relevance to what I've said here.
- beaeglebeach 3y agoThe relevance is neither the historical basis nor text restricts 2A to small arms, so why are we restricting the conversation to precisely their effectiveness? >>...2A... > But small arms in the context of modern government technological authoritarianism amounts to little more than a security blanket ...
- mindslight 3y agoI didn't mean to direct focus onto just small arms. The same dynamic applies with explosives, cannons, fighter jets, etc. For example, does having a ready-to-go tank in your back yard eliminate the problems with not getting a building permit? The point is that focusing on weapons is futile when society is no longer ordered by overt force but rather economic/pragmatic attractors. In the western world the battle based on physical force has essentially been fought and won permanently - the result is democracy which is a similar dynamic without most of the violence. If a critical mass of people come together and want to change things, then that happens. The system has responded by dividing people into tribes and diverting them such that a critical mass opposed to the system itself doesn't actually happen.