Debate about Gun Control

[Eric the Green]

I was thinking about this and what Mr. X says. Of course, Mr. X 84 and I are in California, which may need to secede against a fascist takeover. What do we do then, if Trump invades? Maybe then it will be time for citizens to arm. I think the State of California will call out the militia, in that case; and a militia has a right to bear arms, according to the Second Amendment. Gun control would not affect that. But that alone will not defend us. We'll need efficient anti-aircraft guns and anti-missile defense systems; the best that Silicon Valley can make. And fast! We'll need a steady supply of arms both made and imported. CA has good natural barriers of mountain and desert against tanks and armies. But you guys in places like Minnesota, a divided purple state to begin with, with likely fascist supporters like Classic Xer in your midst, and armed against you, and no natural barriers? What do you do against Trump with your guns? I don't know how that goes. Maybe get your NAVY seal former governor as your leader and go for it.

This is a last resort situation. The best means now of resisting Trump and his fascism is not to arm, but to organize non-violently and mobilize. Speak out, register people, vote, donate, petition, demonstrate. Demand that Democrats stand firm and filibuster everything that Trump and Ryan offer that is wrong. Demand that Republicans begin to show some real patriotism and judgement too.

Lack of gun control now only empowers the fascists; people like Dylann Roof and Timothy McVeigh and the Aryan Brotherhood. And the usual loonies who just want to use this technology to blow people away. A civilized society would have no need for guns at all. We ought to have that as our eventual goal, if our nation is to progress and not remain stuck in a dark age that only the USA lives in.