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Originally Posted by shakran
it's not an issue of whether or not the government will let us, dk. It's an issue of, even if we're allowed, we still can't do it. There's no law saying I can't go to the moon but it's not gonna happen either. As to whether the government will use tanks against us. . .Yes, they will. They have. Go watch file video of Waco. The ATF had a tank. If I recall it was a ramming tank, but it was a tank nonetheless.
I'm not even getting into the nuclear weapons or the 22 million dollar fighter planes. . .Let's just talk tanks. Only the most wealthy of us can afford the damned things, and the likelihood of them turning against the government is slim to none - it's very, very rare for people who are making incredible sums of money under the current government to revolt against that government.
That's why I find the "we need our guns to fight the big bad government" argument so laughable. It's a bullshit argument, because your guns aren't going to let you fight the big bad government any more than a paper towel will stop a flood.
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and yet there are guerrilla forces fighting, and usually defeating, our tanks right now. IED's can be a wonderful thing as well.
I'm not saying that if 'revolution' were to ever start that we should go toe to toe like we did with the british. hit and run attacks, sniping, IED's, and the like would be a long slow road of attrition. anyway, tactics are another topic altogether.
In reference to the other portion of your statement, since the government HAS used military vehicles against it's own population in the past, there is nothing to say it won't be used again in the future, do you still believe that it's beneficial to society to deny military weapons to the public because bad people will use them also?