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Originally Posted by broke
While you may have read history, you clearly don't understand it. Plus, you continue to miss the point...
The 'thugs' are using small arms because it's the least amount of force they need to subdue the crowds. If the crowds had small arms, do you not think the Iranian government would roll in artillery and tanks? If the crowd had artillery and tanks do you think the Iranian government would not call in the air power? End of the day, the mob will STILL be dead.
It's never been about righteousness. It's always been about force.
The second amendment was written when the arms the citizenry could hold MATCHED the arms of the military. That condition doesn't exist anymore - in any 'state'. Any sense of security you have with your gun locker is simply a false sense of security.
It's that simple.
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I dont think you have considered that our armed forces are made up of american citizens. When I was in the army in the 90's, they passed out anonymous surveys to a lot of soldiers, asking questions about "would you fire on american citizens" and posted several different scenarios.
The answer from the majority of soldiers was 'no' in most scenarios. What difference does it make if you have a squadron of helicopters if the american citizens flying them will not fire on a group of american citizens.