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[-] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago

Too bad this is an extremely rare use case, but yes this is exactly the INTENT of the second amendment.

[-] aski3252@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Does it actually work? Because I fear that it doesn't and just gives cops/the state even more excuses to further militarize police in the long teem.

I'm not antigun, but this seems like an arms race you can't win.

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

It does. Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police. These are armed peaceful protesters and they were not hassled. It worked for the black panthers. Cops only brutalize the weak.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 10 months ago

Well I'm not sure it worked that well for Fred Hampton or the MOVE guys.

There's always a danger of escalation, and the boys in blue have no upper limit.

[-] aski3252@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police.

There were quite a few shoot outs between panthers and cops, no? Some even argue that the increasing use of "swat" was, in part, because of black panthers.

Again, I'm not speaking out against armed groups, but it seems a bit romantized to say "armed protesters don't get hasseled"..

[-] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure there are some statistics on the mental profiles of cops the people who end up becoming them being people who enjoy power.

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And this is a failure of the system. The failure to identify and reject these sick fucks.

[-] RampageDon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Failure of the system, or working exactly how it was intended?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

lol okay

[-] DeanFogg@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Well if you think about it the population has the numbers, so do the math

[-] aski3252@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The vast majority is not willing to die in armed struggle against the state..

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

More will be willing once they realize that the state will kill them whether they support it or not.

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

The INTENT of the second amendment was protect the states' militias from being disarmed by the feds. So that enslavers like Washington could rest assured that his slave state of Virginia wouldn't be liberated by the feds

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