The number of civilians dont matter
how can the number of civilians not matter? the number of civilians and the numbers of guns matters a whole lot
Since when? What post limited this scenario to a "street fight"?
because you cant control territory from the air, thats military strategy 101, if you bomb a city but the civilians are still running around waving guns then you obviously failed, you cant subdue the people until you go in with soldiers
im not sure why i have to explain this???
The "assault rifles" we have are not automatic... functionally there is no difference, and they are several leagues down from what soldiers are armed with
it doesnt matter, a soldier cannot deal with multiple civilians pointing guns at him
Again if it were that simple we wouldn't need the 2nd amendment
im just giving you the options, you dont need a bill of rights either, you can just assume that we have come to an enlightened period of human history and that it will stay that way forever
from an irrational government
im actually not sure what you said
If we are invaded by a foreign govt, us being armed wouldn't matter. They are more powerful than our military, who is more powerful than citizens. So we would be powerless to them.
is this some kind of joke? how can somebody make a statement like this just looking at the past us wars, are you retarded? there is absolutely zero evidence to support a statement like this, and thats not even getting into the fact that you sound like a coward
the evidence shows that foreign armies are very unlikely to hold on to territory, and thats with a regular population, america is a very militarized and armed population relatively speaking
so there is really no chance of a foreign army taking over the US
And if there is a possibility the govt will behave irrationally, then my vote doesn't matter. And the "if you dont like it then leave" thing is a red herring... as a citizen of the US its my right to have a say in how the country runs
i didnt say like it or leave it but voting, leaving or fighting are the options if the government behaves irrationally but of course you can always simply accept the situation
but the second amendment is important because it keeps the option of fighting open
240,000 people died in the nuclear attacks on Japan... from 2 bombs... 70 years ago
US has over 5K nuclear warheads
So just on that, based on 70 year old tech, govt could wipe us out twice, just with nuclear warheads
240000 people out of what? the atomic bombs did not kill everybody in hiroshima, japan surrendered and the population had no choice but to go along with the government because the japanese government was the only people with guns in japan, they had no way of fighting the americans
but the only real way to wipe out populations is with soldiers on the ground, and the only real way to conquer territory is with soldiers on the ground, and when you have soldiers on the ground they become susceptible to armed civilians, and if the civilians hate you and they have guns it aint gonna happen
President travels with a huge security entourage and flies with a military convoy. How the fukk do you think you'd be able to get a "barrel in his mouth"
i wasnt talking about the president necessarily, im talking about government officials in general, sure the president would be safe from fat fuks with rifles, but nobody that the president sends in to subdue the territory would be safe