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Ohioboy

(3,243 posts) Mon Feb 19, 2018, 09:32 PM Feb 2018

Is this a dumb question, or is there a real contradiction here? [View all]

If the 2nd Amendment exists to help the citizenry fight against a tyrannical government, why are so many 2nd Amendment supporters in favor of a strong military? I'm not trying to generalize here, but just about every 2nd Amendment supporter I know wants the military to be as big and bad as possible, all the while thinking he'll be able to take it on barricaded inside his house some day.

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Is this a dumb question, or is there a real contradiction here? [View all] Ohioboy Feb 2018 OP

They intend to use them to kill all the libruls Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #1

The 2nd Amendment was really aimed at building a militia, not owning a personal arsenal liberal N proud Feb 2018 #2

Their argument is that the original intent of the first part of the 2nd amendment was unblock Feb 2018 #4

The military cant be used domestically unblock Feb 2018 #3

They have failed to understand that no matter Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #5

Why, then, hasn't our military taken control of Afghanistan? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #6

What exactly does that have to do with Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #7

The Taliban never had *any* tanks or planes-- but they're still there, and still a threat friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #8

You make an interesting point. However Ohioboy Feb 2018 #12

The same people endorse free speech but want us to STFU Generic Brad Feb 2018 #9

Military, ex military, paramilitary and those from overbearing households embrace fascism more. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #10

Why do you think that such a conflict would be symmetrical? X_Digger Feb 2018 #11