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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by icebraining on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:25PM (#10999712)
The point is that personal gun ownership is irrelevant, if the government has the backing of the military, either you get some heavy weaponry from foreign powers or you're screwed.
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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by AnimalMuppet on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:45PM (#10999819)
Personal gun ownership has been enough to get you to the point where you're still alive to get some heavy weaponry from foreign powers.
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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by brandonmenc on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:48PM (#10999834)
Or you get heavy weaponry from sympathizers in the military - in the United States there would be many, were they ordered to fire on their own people.

I don't understand why opponents of the 2nd Amendment never consider this a possibility, when in fact the military not splintering under those conditions is the fantasy.

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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by icebraining on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:53PM (#10999858)
Why do you need the 2nd Amendment to get weapons smuggled by soldiers, though?
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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by brandonmenc on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:57PM (#10999874)
Correct, you don't.

I was just pointing out that opponents of the interpretation of the 2nd Amendment being a counterweight to an oppressive government almost always say, "you can't fight the army with rifles!"

That argument is coming up a lot in this thread.

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