Turns out all you need is a Supreme Court majority on your side and you can wipe your ass with the Constitution.

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    Oh my fucking god… Every comment in this stupid thread is saying the same stupid thing. “Time to get your guns…”, "Exercise your 2nd amendment… " Yeah, that’s hilarious tough guy. Do you have a gun? No? well do you have a gun license? No? Well do you know the first thing about firearms? You do! Oh you’ve played several call of duty games… Awesome. Do you know that you’re statistically more likely to shoot a family member than a home intruder? Well I hope you don’t like them much.

    Ok, moving past the idiotic bravado… It sounds like you have no solution for people who aren’t just itching to murder other people. Say for instance, that I have no interest in shooting someone, and in fact feel that a civil society should not involve shooting anyone, especially fellow countrymen. With that in mind, for the sane perhaps 70% of Americans, do you have any useful advice besides “get a gun”?

    Finally, if your plan does work and every American arms themselves, then congratulations, we’ve fallen into civil war 2. Now what? Even if you do have guns, the government has bigger ones and they have munitions you don’t. You will always, always be outgunned by the military. Now being armed makes you a hostile combatant/terrorist agent in the eyes of the law, anything you do with it will be deemed illegal. Some good that 2nd amendment is doing you. What’s your plan now?

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      well do you have a gun license?

      Tell me you’re describing your own lack of experience with firearms without telling me you’re describing your own lack of experience with firearms.

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        Guess I’ll defend myself, but not with a gun.

        Says 80% of the global population…

        Yeah, that’s such a weird stance. It’s just what the vast majority of people do.

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          You’re welcome to not have guns. No one is forcing you to defend yourself. You can fight ICE with your bare hands if you want.

          But maybe don’t shit on others for wanting to be pragmatic.

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      We will will revolt so you can stay cozy, lil buddy. Already fought a war over bullshit that didn’t help Americans or our security…it will be nice actually be fighting for a cause this time.

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        When you feel powerless and don’t know how to fix a situation it’s only natural to want to do something, that makes perfect sense. But it’s worth remembering, that there is no situation so bad that you can’t still make it worse. Sometimes when all your options are bad, waiting to act is in fact the correct course of action.

        More Americans died in the civil war than in any other American conflict. This is despite the increasing lethality of weaponry over the years, despite the scope and length of wars like WW2. Following the war much of the country was left in ruin, the economic cost was staggering, it took decades to recover.

        My point is, starting a war is a bad idea. Sure, at least it’s doing something, but it’s doing the wrong thing, it’s the opposite of helping.