• @masquenox@lemmy.ml
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    21 year ago

    It was normalized in the US because white settlers always had to be ready to commit genocide against indigenous people or put down slave revolts - that’s what the 2nd amendment was really all about. In a socialist community, firearms will be necessary because there will always be nazis about (not to mention their ex-cop friends).

    • @UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml
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      11 year ago

      I mean those are two reasons it was kept, but there’s also:

      • It’s based on a historical English law
      • Wild predators
      • Police back then were sometimes days away (and still hours away today in some cases)
      • Hunting for food
      • Shooting the French
      • Shooting the Spanish
      • The revolutionists were tired of raiding garrisons every time they needed armament
      • The founding fathers wanted to keep their war ships