spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoFrom military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debatewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkFrom military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debatewww.theguardian.comspaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·11 months agoThis is the most stupid “argument” in this discussion so far. As if a bunch of armed civilian loonies could prevent the government from going rogue.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago As if a bunch of armed civilian loonies could prevent the government from going rogue See: Vietnam. See: Afghanistan. Both of these countries laugh at that notion.
minus-squareHelixDab2linkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAnd Iraq. And Syria. Or, shit, France in the late 18th C.
This is the most stupid “argument” in this discussion so far. As if a bunch of armed civilian loonies could prevent the government from going rogue.
See: Vietnam. See: Afghanistan.
Both of these countries laugh at that notion.
And Iraq. And Syria. Or, shit, France in the late 18th C.