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[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Security in armed numbers, security means safety, you can sleep easy if someone else is pulling watch.

I don’t often quote Marx, but this one is highly pertinent:

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

Which in my opinion, speaks to the true intent of the Second Amendment, regardless of whatever the Tribunal of Six is trying to mutate it into these days.