Alt text: An image of Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants facing left with the caption “MAGA: Gun rights are necessary for people to fight back against the government.” Another image of Patrick facing right with the caption “Also MAGA: Send the military to crush the people fighting back against the government.”

  • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
    41·
    1 month ago

    right wing politicians support gun rights to make the people think they have more power than they do, and to give the police plausible deniability for taking extreme measures against them