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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I still find this sentiment true today. We, the people, should be armed and able to handle threats to the republic, we should not rely on a professional army and police force to be the only ones capable of defense. That threat may be a lone gunman or an invasion, it doesn't matter, we the people are our own masters.
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"Should" and "are" seem to be 100 miles apart even with the current right to bear arms, though. Most people wouldn't get off their sofas until the invaders were driving down their own streets in tanks. Or if American Idol was cancelled.
If China was somehow able to take care of the US Pacific fleet (like bankrupting the government?), and China invaded, San Francisco would likely become a battleground. Plenty of people around here have guns (I've actually been surprised how common they are here in liberalstown), but fighting a ground war against the Chinese Army would likely not go well. Have you ever opened fire on a tank with a shotgun? I can't imagine that going well. Better? Surrender, lull them into a false sense of security, and then rebel like there's no tomorrow. IEDs are frighteningly easy to build.
I have to wonder if an amendment would really help us in such a time. If we're rising up, we're going to rise up regardless of Constitutional permission.