Here's the thing- The 2nd Amendment was made in a time of muskets and horses. By WWI/The Great War, it was quite brutally showed how weapon advances outpaced old war notions. (All Quiet on the Western Front has a great scene with a horse showing this.) - ThreadSky

alisa180.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Here's the thing- The 2nd Amendment was made in a time of muskets and horses. By WWI/The Great War, it was quite brutally showed how weapon advances outpaced old war notions. (All Quiet on the Western Front has a great scene with a horse showing this.)

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alisa180.bsky.social•12 days ago

It was one thing to imagine civilians needing to organize. It was quite another to conceptualize a 'rebel' using a single gun to kill numerous at once, esp. considering gun tech when the Constitution was written.

alisa180.bsky.social•12 days ago

With better guns comes bigger risks. Hence, blue states like WA decided controls to reduce the risk of mass shootings was more important. The ones who would bear arms in the way you're thinking of are those that support Trump. Although the attitude toward arms has been shifting in blue states...

ashwynne.bsky.social•12 days ago

And tbh that's totally fair. I know most blue states are way less gun-toting for obvious (gun violence) reasons. I suppose I'm just surprised I'm not seeing this topic talked about more in democratic circles, given how front-of-mind the issue has been.

alisa180.bsky.social•12 days ago

There *has* been more discussion, but in terms of self-defense. Actually striking would set the literal army of crazies on us. We're not dumb or reckless enough to give the bloodthirsty, mouth-frothing part of the country civil war. They'll have to shoot first.

Why yes it's tense here.

ashwynne.bsky.social•12 days ago

Then I stand corrected! I'm glad people are talking about it, though obviously it's absolutely tragic that we're at this point at all. Most of my (democratic) USA friends have been incredibly apathetic about what's happening... which has been really disheartening, but at least it's not everyone!

alisa180.bsky.social•12 days ago

You have to realize most of us fought really hard since Trump 1.0. Blue cities tried implementing laws to take initiative, only for GOP governors to 'pre-empt' them (ex. forbidding cities from raising the minimum wage). Family and friends have torn apart over the right/MAGA-left divide.

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