02-23-2021, 11:20 AM
(02-23-2021, 09:16 AM)Au165 Wrote: This is kind of off-topic, but it's a fantasy to think civilians with rifles and small arms can put up any resistance to this government and the military weapons we have today.
It is a fantasy within a fantasy that is only accepted by a very small fraction of the population.
First of all it is a fantasy to believe that any leader of the US would have enough power to convince the military to turn on its own citizens.
Second it is a fantasy to believe that the citizens would be able to defend themselves against military weapons.
Finally, less than a third of the population even owns a gun and only a fraction of them owns anything more than a simple handgun. So it is clear that an overwhelming majority of the population of the US has no concern about an "armed population" being needed to fight against our own government. It is just a fantasy game played by hard core gun lovers who like to imagine themselves fighting tyranny.
Meanwhile the easy access to guns is greatly increasing the damage of violence committed in underprivileged neighborhoods. And what do these gun lover say when they read that violence is a problem among the socioeconomically disadvantaged? "They have a problem with violence? Well obviously more guns will fix that!"
When you look at all the reforms from the government to aid the poor not a single one of them was won through violence. The Black Panthers failed while MLK prevailed. When organized labor went to war with private industry and they got their asses kicked. Labor reforms were gained through elections not through victory with guns.
