Re: Gun Control 1: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Cross post from Facebook:
This is my favorite picture out of Virginia.
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I’ve never seen a bigger bunch of losers in my life. Nothing like a bunch of old fat guys playing Tacticool LARP fantasy dress up all day. At least the Frodo wannabes aren’t compensating for small dicks.
Let me clarify one important thing: there is nothing wrong with LARPing. Just understand that dressing up like GI Joe doesn’t make you GI Joe. The people who dress up like LOTR characters at least understand it’s a fantasy.
These guys think they can take on the US military. They think they’re part of a “well-regulated militia.” LOTR LARPers don’t think for a second they are fighting Sauron.
The guys in this picture would be the first in line to make fun of people who go to Star Trek conventions. They think they’re somehow better than someone who dons a Darth Vader costume. They “should be taken seriously!”
The Second Amendment isn’t unlimited. We as a society agreed that citizens shouldn’t be able to wield automatic weapons because they are simply too dangerous to society. It follows that we can also decide AR-15s are too dangerous for citizens to own. The Second Amendment explicitly states this.
I’m a gun-owner. I support well-regulated hunting and sport shooting. What we no longer have use for is a civilian militia that doesn’t have obligations to serve. If you want to be a citizen soldier, join the National Guard. The days of a well-regulated militia ended 80 years ago. Maybe even 100.
The mechanics of war and rise of the military industrial complex have rendered this obsolete in the most complete way imaginable. The militia described in the Second Amendment barely stands a chance against the prospect of oppression by smaller agencies much less the full might of US military. A well-regulated militia is no longer necessary.
Furthermore, no one is coming for your guns.
And even if they were, there’s nothing you and your dress up friends could do about it.