It doesn’t take actual violence, just the immediate physical threat of it.
If ICE are the only ones with guns they’ll escalate and provoke and innocent’s will keep dying.
If even a handful of protesters have rifles, then no matter what happens “worst case scenario” in ICE’s heads is they get lit up for going to far.
They’re just going to get back in their cars and drive away, but if people do it everywhere, there will be nowhere to go except the places that like ICE, and they won’t like them long.
Like, go to a local gun store and you’ll probably still get ripped off. But there’s amazing deals online all the time. I’m honestly surprised lemmy doesn’t have a “gun deals” community yet, although my wallet is grateful.
Or a Turkish beretta clone for 250 or lower if lucky. And surplas Beretta .380s have been under $250 for years.
I just got a used leo AR with a lot of extras for under 500.
Def don’t go out and buy a hi point lol.
But there’s a very real chance trump cracks down on guns, he’s passed more gun control via executive order than any president in a long time, maybe ever.
Which isn’t saying much, but fascists don’t like armed populaces once they’ve solidified power. We can buy guns today, that may not be true by midterms.
It doesn’t take actual violence, just the immediate physical threat of it.
If ICE are the only ones with guns they’ll escalate and provoke and innocent’s will keep dying.
If even a handful of protesters have rifles, then no matter what happens “worst case scenario” in ICE’s heads is they get lit up for going to far.
They’re just going to get back in their cars and drive away, but if people do it everywhere, there will be nowhere to go except the places that like ICE, and they won’t like them long.
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Guns are still cheap as fuck too…
Like, go to a local gun store and you’ll probably still get ripped off. But there’s amazing deals online all the time. I’m honestly surprised lemmy doesn’t have a “gun deals” community yet, although my wallet is grateful.
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Shit, you can get a SAR CZ clone for 200.
Or a Turkish beretta clone for 250 or lower if lucky. And surplas Beretta .380s have been under $250 for years.
I just got a used leo AR with a lot of extras for under 500.
Def don’t go out and buy a hi point lol.
But there’s a very real chance trump cracks down on guns, he’s passed more gun control via executive order than any president in a long time, maybe ever.
Which isn’t saying much, but fascists don’t like armed populaces once they’ve solidified power. We can buy guns today, that may not be true by midterms.
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I believe you underestimate the power of hatred combined with stupidity…