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CarefreeDude posted...

One argument for not taking guns away, is that "We need them in case the government becomes evil and we need to overthrow it."

Alright, say that's true. And say literally every man, woman, and child is equipped with an AR-15 and unlimited ammo, how exactly are we supposed to over throw one of the worlds largest armed forces? How are the common people, even armed with unlimited ammo supposed to go against drones, powerful bombs, aircraft, tanks, etc. Sure, a small handful of military vehicle are owned by civilians, but those aren't going to last long. The general population is hopeless to stand up against death from the skies; not to mention all the possibilities of bioweapons or simply shutting off the utilities the government controls.

Perhaps in the musket days the general population could overthrow the government via force, but I don't think it's possible in today's world.

You assume that our military is a bunch of unfeeling, unthinking drones. A great many of them are oathkeepers and Patriots that would refuse unlawful orders.

Many people also forget that the Continental Army was equipped with canons that were privately owned back when our navy was still in tree form and our main tactic was to run the British navy up and down the Hudson until it froze.

Unless you're in the camp that supports the military launching all of our nukes straight up in a dead man's hand situation, depending on the military to enforce martial law when shtf is foolhearty at best.

No, I haven't read the rest of the topic, this is my reaction to the OP.
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