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Originally Posted by Pio1980
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The idea that gun owners can or should play a positive role by threatening insurrection is too spurious to need serious refutation. The Atlantic article you also cited in your previous post does a pretty good job though.
A gaggle of civilians cannot stand up to actual troops, even if they have military rifles. This is mainly because they are not trained and organized to fight as a unit. Real troops will almost always slice them up in a standing fight. Even the writer in the piece you cite isn't silly enough to to suggest armed civilians can topple the government in a real scenario. He posits a mutiny by military units. Which is a thing to worry about, BTW....
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