▲ 440 ▼ US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The founders were slave oligarchs, the tyranny they were keeping the citizens armed to defend against was Haiti. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck are you talking about....do you just make shit up in your head? They wanted everyone armed because they just fought and defeated the world's strongest military at the time... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) If that was genuinely the reason a significant faction of them wouldn't have been arguing in favor of trade deals with them instead of France, the country that basically won the war for us at sea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago The fuck does having trade with other countries have anything to do with gun ownership? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck are you talking about....do you just make shit up in your head? They wanted everyone armed because they just fought and defeated the world's strongest military at the time... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) If that was genuinely the reason a significant faction of them wouldn't have been arguing in favor of trade deals with them instead of France, the country that basically won the war for us at sea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago The fuck does having trade with other countries have anything to do with gun ownership? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) If that was genuinely the reason a significant faction of them wouldn't have been arguing in favor of trade deals with them instead of France, the country that basically won the war for us at sea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago The fuck does having trade with other countries have anything to do with gun ownership? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago The fuck does having trade with other countries have anything to do with gun ownership? permalink fedilink source parent