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Said Don Young, United States congressional representative from the great state of Alaska. Also this:
“How many millions of people were shot and killed because they were unarmed? Fifty million in Russia.”
It's not just that it's stupid, offensive, ridiculous, etc., but it's a thing on the right. As noted in the piece, this has been posited before, by Ben Carson, among others.
I really don't understand the belief that a bunch of citizens (in some areas, mostly more rural and thus less populated), with handguns and shotguns, for the most part, could successfully put down the current U.S. armed forces. Like, aside from the deep, deep mismatch in basic firepower, the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, have tanks, planes, ships, armoured vehicles, body armor, technology, drones, entire facilities dedicated to troop coordination and movement, but hey, don't let the gubmint take your Glock because you don't want to wind up like them jews thrown into the ovens. If they'd had a 9mm they'd... well, it'd have ended much the exact same way, because past the fucking 1700s or so, an armed citizenry is no match for a fucking modern army, but hey.
How is this still an idea?
“How many millions of people were shot and killed because they were unarmed? Fifty million in Russia.”
It's not just that it's stupid, offensive, ridiculous, etc., but it's a thing on the right. As noted in the piece, this has been posited before, by Ben Carson, among others.
I really don't understand the belief that a bunch of citizens (in some areas, mostly more rural and thus less populated), with handguns and shotguns, for the most part, could successfully put down the current U.S. armed forces. Like, aside from the deep, deep mismatch in basic firepower, the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, have tanks, planes, ships, armoured vehicles, body armor, technology, drones, entire facilities dedicated to troop coordination and movement, but hey, don't let the gubmint take your Glock because you don't want to wind up like them jews thrown into the ovens. If they'd had a 9mm they'd... well, it'd have ended much the exact same way, because past the fucking 1700s or so, an armed citizenry is no match for a fucking modern army, but hey.
How is this still an idea?
