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I would say "take notes", but I know how underfunded your schools are (lemmy.world)

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[–] SchmidtGenetics 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, we're armed to stop an invading army. We put that in the bill of rights while keeping one eye on France and the other on Britain

Original intent yeah, but everyone’s armed for other various reasons, immigrants, blacks, women, trans, etc.

Your citizens are armed, and they could act as an army, unfortunately it’s disjointed and the are armed for the wrong reasons. They could absolutely stop the coup, unfortunately the ones with the guns would be doing the coup….. as the ones that need the guns don’t have or can’t get them. They’re available to all the wrong people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It feels kinda like an old vaudevillian joke... If a Russian battalion were to arrive at your doorstep and demand that you house them and that your compliance would be looked at favorably when Russia takes over—not only would you be constitutionally protected if you chose to shoot them, you'd likely be lauded as a hero.

But when a Russian asset takes over and compromises our country, well, good luck finding the legal loophole to justify shooting a president.

And here, laws mean everything. It's why immigrants are illegal, shoplifting is bad, landlords are good, and more money=more free speech. Then again, a coup is supposed to be illegal, so once again, I direct you to my previous response: "we're aggressively dumb."