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Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by gishglish on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:01PM (#44661434)
> The real reason America is armed is so that if our government ever gets too tyrannical

It’s been doing that for at least two decades, yet I’m still waiting for you people to get on with it.

Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by ARandomerDude on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:11PM (#44661553)
I don’t know who the “you people” in that comment refers to. I actually hope we never have another civil war. Historically, you’re much more likely to end up with the French Revolution, the current situation in Syria, etc. than a fresh, bright future. Many would die and everyone would suffer. Those who long for war (foreign or domestic) are evil, foolish, or both.

But my opinion doesn’t change the rationale for the 2nd Amendment.

Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by chiefalchemist on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @09:38PM (#44665958)
Another civil war? That’s not desirable, for obvious reasons. But another revolutionary war? That might be inevitable. Thomas Jefferson has an appropriate quote on such things.
Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by zdragnar on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:15PM (#44661600)
An elected official doing things you don't like isn't a reason to kill them.

That way lies fascism and anarchotyrrany.

Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by graemep on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:09PM (#44662210)
What if the elected official is a fascist? It happened in Germany.
Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by 6510 on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:31PM (#44661774)
If that were true there would never be a reason to kill anyone.
Re:Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I... by coldtea on Thursday July 24, 2025 @03:57AM (#44668164)
"Elected" doesn't mean much if the system is rigged - starting from the choices you get, and how accountable they are to you. After a point it's just a charade.