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Originally Posted by Pulgasari
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Which is why the argument that Trump (or any leader) was planning on weaponizing the military against citizens or the capital is silly
And it’s also a way to dismantle the conservative argument that assault rifles and high tech military weapons are necessary to protect themselves from a corrupt future leader turning the military on citizens. That’s their main justification for needing them for self defense
While that scenario COULD I guess occur because it has in the past at various points in history, the scenario is really really unlikely now
If I was in the military, and Trump said “I order you to kill all the democrats”, I would say “I have an order for you sir, go fuck yourself”. I want democrats to live peacefully as FAR away from me as possible. I don’t want them dead. And regardless of whether it was a Republican or Democrat or whoever ordering the military to mass kill civilians, so many military members would quit on the spot there wouldn’t be enough room in all the military prisons in the country for all of them. Not only would tons quit, a lot of those would likely join the other side that isn’t calling for genocide and now it’s like “oops now you’re outnumbered. So that was a stupid idea to turn the military on citizens now wasn’t it?”
So that argument of “we need protection from our own military” is kinda weak, I’ve always thought. That being said, I stand to inherit an expensive and tricked out assault rifle from my dad, so banning them would make me sad