• Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Ring-winger gun-nuts: the 2nd amendment is meant to keep us protected from a tyrannical government!!!

    This is the second attempt on the life of your wannabe god-emperor…are things starting to click into place yet or are you ready to admit it was never about “rights” and “freedoms” you just really like having guns

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      I mean if they were serious about guns being used to make sure the tyrants and would be tyrants are always in fear of an assassin’s bullet then what has been happening lately is EXACTLY what the 2nd amendment is intended for… and they are pissed because they are a bunch of wanna-be brownshirts who want to be the armed militia of the tyrant and kill his enemies without fear of prosecution. They just want to do it with their own personal weapons.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Tbf they actually view the other side as the tyrannical one and think their side is the savior, it isn’t actually that hard to understand their feelings on that one.

        Not saying that they’re right, just that this is the explanation for this oft cited “disconnect.” Basically just “nobody thinks they’re the bad guy.”

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Men like Donald Trump are the conservative argument in favor of guns. He’s exactly the type of authoritarian the 2nd ammendment was meant to combat.

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      3 days ago

      I sort of wonder how much longer 2A idiocy will last in the US. The NRA has gone bankrupt and since they aren’t able to funnel Russian money to politicians like they used to be able to, their influence is basically zero at this point.

      With them out of the picture, there’s really not a powerful gun lobby getting right wing media to talk about Democrats as gun grabbers.

      If you peruse conservative spaces like I do, you’ll notice that talking point has evaporated.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 days ago

        Throw in Trump has stated to take people’s guns without due process, and Pence had to talk him out of it to ensure the 2A voters wouldn’t turn against him, now apparently he wants to do outdoor events behind shields of some sort… I can imagine it will be long before MAGA followers agree it is to dangerous to have people buying guns without proper background checks… Which would have likely prevented this person from owning an AK, as he has previous weapons charges.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    Guns don’t kill people. Gunmen kill people.

    Now, you might ask: How do men become gunmen?

    They’re born a man, and then one day they just decide to identify as a gunman? Makes no sense.

    It’s those gun groomers. Corrupting your kid’s mind.

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    No we ask how is he still alive. At that range if they meant to kill him he should be dead. THAT is what 2A means.

    We can only assume they didn’t mean to kill him and it was a sacrificial political stunt.

    It should have been asked on the last attempt.