Armed people cannot defend themselves against the logistics of any organised force.
What people with guns can do against fascism is hide & attack guerrilla/terrorist style.
I do not mean that as a bad or un-heroic thing, just as the last resort of protest.
But this situation would not turn out any better had there been more guns involved. Only in case of 0 guns the situation might have been better.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Oh yeah, good luck fighting the army with your handguns.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You don’t overthrow armies by lining up and going toe-to-toe.
A handgun is concealable. If we need guns, we need to appear anonymous until we’re using them up close.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
We need to widely allow handguns because of all the progress that’s constantly made from assassinating politicians with handguns?
Please do list all the politicians assassinated by handguns and how much progress that made. I’ll follow with a list of activists murdered by handguns.
Let’s see whose is longer.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s the thing about guns. They’re evil until they’re necessary. But then they’re essential.
We still aren’t at the point where we need to start using them en masse, but we’ve never been closer as a nation, and it’s absolutely time to start learning how to use them.
Psythik@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I agree; the laws need to be relaxed to allow full auto sales.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Lmao, enjoy the half second you half firing a Tommy gun in the air before an air with an anti tank mine strapped to it blows to pieces you and everyone you love.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Yeah, a family with all the guns doesn’t stand a chance against a few musket-wielding soldiers - they can just outwait them around the house.
It’s not a 5 minute fight when you are dealing with an organised force. Civilians will fold after a week without supermarket access/water/electricity/food.