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Originally Posted by Irenicus
Hence why I said "hypothetical and implausible." I don't exactly walk around in my everyday life fearing the imminent takeover of America by some fantasy fascist militia.
Yet, for some reason, the "defense against the State" argument seems to be a prominent part of the reasoning of those who oppose gun control measures, and the 2008 election was accompanied by a massive boost in gun sales.
Why so afraid?
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Me neither, but that's not the issue, my point of contention with you is your implied notion that the the nutty right-wing militia type are the typical gun owners. Depending on which survey/research you look at/believe, somewhere between 25% to 35% of the US population owns a firearm, with nearly half of all households with a firearm of some kind, are they all nutty right wing militias?
I doubt anyone sane honestly believes that their small arms will actually do much in an actual fight against a real military force.