Say what you will about guns and how we legislate them, I'll never convince the redneck survivalists. But the second amendment needs to be amended. That shit was written around 1789 when "bearing arms" meant a musket or flintlock pistol. You couldn't walk into a room and spray 20 or 30 people with a musket.
Also, back then an armed populace actually meant something militarily because soldiers used the same kinds of weapons and equipment. Today, you're fucking retarded if you think your gun means anything when it comes to fighting for your freedom. If the government decides to turn on you, you lose. Yea, you gonna go out in the woods and form a resistance? All it takes to fix that is one night and one attack helicopter with thermal imaging. Gonna hold out in your house? Good luck against an armor column.
If the government becomes corrupt, authoritarian, or tyrannical, it won't be because you didn't have your guns. It will be because people became too fucking ignorant and out of touch to properly sustain a healthy republic. Voting, education, and enlightened thinking have x10000 more bearing on the health of your system than your fucking guns.
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