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Modernity is weird (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus to c/noncredibledefense

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That first graphic reminds me of sci fi author David Brin’s concept of a “militia rifle”.

(He published this a long time ago and I’m unclear if he still supports the idea)

Basically he argues:

Mass shootings are a problem
Resisting government tyranny is important
(He claims) historically a group of people with lower capacity rifles can hold their own against people bearing high capacity automatics, because in many-vs-many battles the individual guns’ bullet output matters less (more about which group controls which points on the battlefield permitting covering of other points)
So a mass shooter is a 1-vs-many scenario (shooter vs crowd)
Resisting government tyranny is probably gonna be a many-vs-many scenario (militia vs army)
Therefore it’s legit for people to own firearms that are low capacity, high hassle

Seems to me the California laws approach this design equilibrium.

[–] orrk 2 points 1 month ago

Resisting government tyranny this can be anything, because people aren't going to form up militias to fight the government. literal founding fathers fan fiction material