My opinion on gun control has changed over the years.
I used to be very anti gun. didn't really see the point of regular people having them.
Today though, me giving up my guns would be like Ukraine giving up their nukes but smaller.
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2025
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The current laws surrounding guns in the US is probably going to make the inventable next civil war a lot worse in terms of deaths.
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That could have been achieved 20 years ago with logical induction on a few things and a thought experiment.
Also Ukraine gave up its nukes voluntarily , and the common opinion was that the Cold War is over and nobody is going to need weapons, except for fighting criminals and terrorists. Russia didn't ask for Ukraine's nukes so persistently. USA did, but not everything USA demanded in those years was given.
So the analogy is very fine, it was also understood to be a mistake to give Russia those nukes even before the first Maidan. Somewhere around second Chechen war.
Humanity is stupid.
Seriously, no way. I'm giving up my guns now that we have brown coats.
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Headline is misleading. SCOTUS turned the case down, they didn't "allow" anything and there's still potential for another case to be brought before the court.
Honestly, it’s clear SCOTUS cares as much about precedent as your average billionaire cares about the livability of the planet 100 years from now so hearing that they’re not going to listen to a case like this is refreshing
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I'm for certain gun regulation, I'm not for an outright ban however.
Consider these two events:
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Before the holocaust the jews had to surrender in their weapons
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before the nakba, the same happened to the Palestinians, they had to surrender their weapons.
Being able to have weapons to protect yourself from everyday threats but also for if things go south is very important.
If you want to fight fascism if things go south, you'll need weapons.
Consider these two events
I don't think that's what the SCOTUS was thinking about when they reached this ruling.
More likely it was California man arrested near Kavanaugh’s home, charged with attempted murder of justice
If you want to fight fascism if things go south, you’ll need weapons
I guess. But you also need widespread popular support. Randos with guns acting independently aren't any better at repelling fascist governments than unarmed protestors.
What American liberals lack isn't merely guns, it's militias.
You mean some sort of well-regulated militia? That's crazy, just flood the fucking streets with lead. /s
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I think having weapons is purely a stress reduction tool, similar to xanax. Makes you calm to have them around, but when you need them they won't help much. Incredibly risky things to have around in any sort of quickly usable manner as well.
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Single issue ammosexual voters allowed all our other rights to be stripped, watered down, limited and degraded while they deified their gun fetish.
Leopards are indiscriminate.
Actually a bit disappointed in this. I mean, NOW of all times you think keeping "military grade" gear out of regular citizens hands is a good idea.
Well, yeah. NOW of all times is exactly when the fascists would want to disarm the populace.
I genuinely wonder if all the people I've had tell me Obama and Biden are going to ban all guns/they're coming for our guns are going to have a moment of self reflection when the fascists in power come for their guns.
Or is it going to be a "only white people with no unnatural hair coloring and presenting as their birth cirtificate sex are allowed to have guns"
Take the guns first and due process later
This was 2018.
So on your question on if they will have a moment of self reflection, I'm going to go with a no.
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Right? My tin foil thoughts immediately went to them upholding states’ rights on this because they know which states will ban and which won’t.
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So this just bans that "style" of rifle? Someone can just go buy some other semi-automatic rifle that doesn't look as imposing or whatever but will still kill a person just as dead? I don't really get what this accomplishes other than inconveniencing people who already own one of the guns this prohibits.
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