• 0x0@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Curiously enough, the 2nd amendment is less useful than the 1st

    Isn’t the whole point of 2A to empower the whole people to put down a tyrannical government?

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      3 days ago

      No. It is to empower local militias to take land from unincorporated native peoples.

      Absent the legal authority to communicate your grieveness, congregate a movement in opposition, and define your ideological tenants free from persecution, how do you build up a militia with which to resist a tyrannical state?

      Unless you’re psychic, there’s no way to mobilize a mass movement. The best you can do as a lone gunman is stocastic violence.