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Flag flown upside down as sign of distress outside of US State Department building today
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Let's pretend any of that actually matters and the US government doesn't have a history of losing to locals, and ask the following: what happens if you willingly disarm yourself? Criminals will still have guns, your police will still shoot "less-lethal" rounds into the heads of protesters, and you will still be oppressed.
What do you get out of this? A fraction of the illusion of safety? And all it cost you was the last defense against oppression anyone has.
I really don't care to get into overarching discussion of the 2nd amendment, it's been done to death. It's also not what this conversation was about.