[logicchains]

This is what Ukraine found out too late. When Russia invaded they legalised gun ownership but there weren't enough guns to go around. If Ukrainian civilians had been as well armed as Americans, the Russian army would have been vastly outnumbered in urban warfare and washed away in a river of blood.

[vanattab]

I mean I fully support the second amendment, but no amount of AK-47's are going to stop a Russian armored column they needed the javelins and drones for that.

[BeFlatXIII]

The point in an invasion that's reached that point isn't to turn back the enemy with your backyard AKs; it's to rack up the casualty toll to prevent the supposed victor from achieving peace. See also: Iraqi IEDs.