| The Brits weren't actually that far ahead of the civs in the ARWar, it was mostly a numbers issue, not a tech issue. Vietnam wasn't on US soil, home-base would be infinitely cheaper. > And even if you're right, that the US government is just that big and bad. What if half the military defects and joins the revolt? The higher up they are the more nonexistant that chance gets, and the higher up you are the more likely it is that you have a kill-switch to any devices that can be used against the nation. > People have the right to defend themselves, and must be trusted to do so. Otherwise you get something like England. Say the wrong thing and you go to jail. The 2nd Amendment keeps the government in check. Eventually, given enough time, it will need checking. Actually, you have the US. People have been arrested for bible burning, [1] promoting Communistic views, [2] Japanese Internment Camps, [3] and more. It's absolutely anti-democratic, but the 2A supporters never will speak against these practices. [0] http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150715-killer-robots-the-s... [1] http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/23/bible-burning-incident-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act_trials_of_Communist_... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... |
Your argument is that people shouldn't have guns because we probably couldn't beat the government. I'll take my fighting chance. It's better to die free.