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by arbitrary_name 2943 days ago
If you genuinely believe this argument, wouldn't the logical parellal thought be to starve the government of manpower and weapons? Instead, most who espouse the '2 amendment is needed against tyranny' position are often voting for massive increases to defense and policing budgets. Not picking a fight, it just seems ineffective and incongruous to think that holding on to an AR15 in your home will help you against billion dollar integrated policing and surveillance systems...