hipsterkittypostingteenybopper:
this is literally the real life version of getting the right answer on a math test by using the wrong function
If millions of American women joined the NRA tomorrow there’d be a motion in congress to ban the sale of firearms by wednesday
Isn’t that basically what happened when the Black Panthers started buying guns?
Republicans
Only in favour of the second amendment as long as straight cis white males have all the guns
Yep – in California, then-governor Ronald Reagan passed the Mulford Act, a law banning public carrying of firearms in direct response to the Black Panthers ensuring that the cops treated them and their people fairly
The typical party line is that the guns are a defense against tyranny, but in practice this usually translates to the guns being a defense against the subversion of existing power structures
And by extension, tyranny = “being held accountable for one’s oppressive actions”