• Zron@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I do think America needs better mental healthcare and maybe some licensing requirements on firearms.

    I also think those licenses should let me buy any firearm if I pass the qualifications.

    But I digress, an armed minority is harder to oppress. If every time the feds try to arrest someone, it turns into fucking wako, they will be more hesitant to harass people.

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      17 hours ago

      an armed minority is harder to oppress

      With the level of police militarisation, I wouldn’t be so sure. If police murders a bunch of queer people, it’s still a pr disaster and so it’s something they want to avoid. But a bunch of queer people with guns in one place is called a compound or even possibly headquarters and they’re allowed to deploy tanks and flamebombs against it.
      In the escalatory war wins the side that is legally allowed to own tanks and deploy flamethrowing robots. Every time.