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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
I get the 2nd Amendment and its well regulated militia. The Founding Fathers studied Roman and English history and knew what could happen under a bad king, emperor or demagogue. They also put a lot of checks-and-balances impacting the armed forces so that an Emperor, King or demagogue in the USA could not get control of the military like what would happen often in the Roman Empire. One year the Roman Empire had four Emperors and each had his own army. Another had five Emperors. And one six. Year of the Four Emperors - Wikipedia Year of the Five Emperors - Wikipedia
Year of the Six Emperors - Wikipedia
But a group of private citizens taking on the US military in 2019 is very hard to believe. Could have happened in the 1790s I suppose and maybe up through the 1890s but after the machine gun and tank and other even more horrible weapons were made widely used by the military.... |
It happened in Germany, Poland, and several other countries between 1939 and 1942. Don't think it can't happen, just because your idea of government military must always, and exclusively, involve tanks and missiles.
The government military can also include foot-soldiers with handguns and rifles, marching through your town and knocking on your door.
Government military can be, has proven to be in the past, and in some places in the world still is, much more nefarious than that.