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GibsLibertyOrDeath 1 point ago +4 / -3

I really don't understand that mindset. Why is it so important to take away our guns and liberties? What is the end game here? I have a really hard time explaining this to anybody that asked me why I support Trump when I tried to take this angle.

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327FM 3 points ago +3 / -0
  1. the 'rule of law' is a special case of the more general 'rule of the strong', one where 'the strong' hold themselves to the same standards as they hold others.
  2. 'the strong' are the armed people of the several States, as long as they recognize it uniformly
  3. you can't have 'government of, by, and for the people' unless the people are 'the strong', i.e. armed
  4. people who aren't armed are widgets