Adrian Gonzales was one of the first to respond to the May 24, 2022, attack and one of two officers charged in connection with the law enforcement response.
Except for all the historical instances where armed populations have defended themselves from states.
Do you honestly think the Zapatistas or Syrian Kurds would be better off if they did not have guns to defend their homes? What about the Black Panthers using weapons to secure their communities?
Why anyone in their right mind would want to disarm themselves to be entirely at the mercy of the state is beyond me, especially in a political climate such as America today where that very state is actively intending harm and death to a large part of its population and has historically.
If you think civilians stand a chance against the largest most powerful military the world has ever seen i have a bridge to Hawaii to sell you.
Most Americans can’t even pass the minimum for military training yet some how you think a bunch of overweight chain smokers with Walmart rifles is going to “stand a chance”.
You think a bunch of overweight chain smokers with Walmart rifles are the ones against the government?
But please just tell me your amazing alternative? Whats your plan to stop the fascists from cancelling the elections and continuing killing with impunity?
What are you going to do when they knock down your door to drag you away to the camps?
Well… no. Your gun kink has proven to be exactly as effective as our “nothing”.
Except for all the historical instances where armed populations have defended themselves from states.
Do you honestly think the Zapatistas or Syrian Kurds would be better off if they did not have guns to defend their homes? What about the Black Panthers using weapons to secure their communities?
Why anyone in their right mind would want to disarm themselves to be entirely at the mercy of the state is beyond me, especially in a political climate such as America today where that very state is actively intending harm and death to a large part of its population and has historically.
Not sure using two examples of never ending civil war is quite the slam dunk argument you think it is mate but you do you.
And what’s your alternative, no independence war and they just lose? Is that really the argument you think it is?
Having a chance to fight is better than no chance. The fact that they’ve been able to fight for decades shows that weapons can defend you.
If you think civilians stand a chance against the largest most powerful military the world has ever seen i have a bridge to Hawaii to sell you.
Most Americans can’t even pass the minimum for military training yet some how you think a bunch of overweight chain smokers with Walmart rifles is going to “stand a chance”.
You think a bunch of overweight chain smokers with Walmart rifles are the ones against the government?
But please just tell me your amazing alternative? Whats your plan to stop the fascists from cancelling the elections and continuing killing with impunity?
What are you going to do when they knock down your door to drag you away to the camps?