Americans own guns to protect themselves from psychological as well as physical threats. - eviltoast
  • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If 2A maniacs seriously thought that its purpose was to establish a militia for local defense, they would a) shut the fuck up and b) go enlist in the National Guard.

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      2 months ago

      Given the advantages of actual training, you’d think the nutjobs would be 100% in favour of actual drilling and training as well.

      I was happy to trade occupations from soldier to student. Birkenstocks are way less hazardous than an m16a3/c7, even on my nasty feet.

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        2 months ago

        I imagine they don’t want people telling them what to do, which is hilarious given, you know, chain of command.

        I will say that I’ve met very few actual ex-military personnel who truck with any of this Oathekeepers, III’ers, etc. bullshit. I still remember how kitted out the insurrectionists were on January 6th, looking like they’d purchased half of a Cabela’s on the way to DC.