Someone I know told me they think about this when they see the people who voted for gun bans talk now about how they need guns to defend against unlawful ICE folks
But not a single person has actually done so. Until it can be shown that armed citizens are making a genuine difference against government agents it's still just bluster.
Disagree. The most valuable feature of a fraction of people having guns is that the risk of someone having a gun discourages the most extreme harassment, even if no gun is ever fired.
They were told: buy guns because freedom, and they repeat "we buy guns because freedom".
Then they were told: never mind freedom, lets shoot this unarmed person, and they repeat "never mind freedom, shoot the person".
"we need our guns to protect our freedom against the government" idea could have some merit, but the reason right wingers say it is different. They say it because that meme has infected them, and uses them to replicate. A meme in the original sense
> A meme is a term referring to a unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to another.
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They were told: buy guns because freedom, and they repeat "we buy guns because freedom".
Then they were told: never mind freedom, lets shoot this unarmed person, and they repeat "never mind freedom, shoot the person".
"we need our guns to protect our freedom against the government" idea could have some merit, but the reason right wingers say it is different. They say it because that meme has infected them, and uses them to replicate. A meme in the original sense
> A meme is a term referring to a unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to another.