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People who make that argument about the second amendment always seem to forget that the U.S. military has been getting its ass kicked for more than a decade now

• wamsachel 11y ago
  Oh that's cute. The U.S. has essentially upgraded its military forces and gets to beta test it in the deserts of the middle east. Did you think 'Winning the hearts and minds of the people' was an actual mission? And the U.S. pulling that off while only losing ~5K troops just furthers how laughable your statement was
• jqm 11y ago
  Ya, but the war on drugs has been a resounding success...oh, wait....
• fweespeech 11y ago
  > People who make that argument about the second amendment always seem to forget that the U.S. military has been getting its ass kicked for more than a decade now by people mostly armed with Toyota pickups, AK-47s and IEDs. People who make that argument seem to forget that if you decide to rebel, the 2nd amendment doesn't matter because you are a criminal and can bring guns over the border through Mexico or via other channels. The same is true of IEDs. The "people" with AK-47s aren't getting them legally as common citizens. That doesn't change the fact the majority of the US isn't going to rebel and that such "rebellions" in the US tend to look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre