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Old 05-20-18, 11:36 PM   #18
Highbury
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Originally Posted by Nathaniel B. View Post
After all, private gun ownership is one of the founding principles of this nation. And for good reason. I sometimes hear people say things like "Do you really think the American people could successfully fight against the most powerful military in the world if it came to that?" Well, I suppose those people weren't paying attention in history class.
I paid attention in history class, and I seem to recall that it was people with muskets and cannon fighting against people with muskets and cannon.

In the modern world it stacks up a bit more like this:



I am not making any stance on the US gun laws here, just refuting any pretext that people with semi-automatic weapons could actually rise up against the US Military today.
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