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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by mmcgaha on Thursday May 26, 2022 @10:08AM (#31518509)
> I have learned that some Americans consider it crucial to arm themselves in case there is a tyrannical government in the future.

OK but you realize that some in this case is a small percentage. Most people just want to defend their homes from intruders, defend their property from animals, hunt a few days a year, plink on the weekends, or just don't want to turn in the cherished firearm that was passed down in the family.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by Gatsky on Thursday May 26, 2022 @05:44PM (#31523708)
I really don't know what most people want, but the armed civilian militia reason is espoused by multiple commenters on HN, so I assume it isn't that much of a fringe opinion. None of the reasons you list require automatic or semi-automatic rifles or eg. the arsenal the Las Vegas hotel shooter was carrying.

I guess it is possible that the reasons people actually want guns, and the reasons people say they must have guns may be different.

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