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A man taking his trash to an apartment dumpster was shot and killed after he slipped while walking and the gun he was carrying went off accidentally, according to San Antonio police.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You realize that in order to maintain a militia, the average citizen needs to have access to firearms without relying on issuance of them by the state? A militia "in good working order" requires people to occasionally take their personally owned firearm and train with it. How the fuck do you do this without allowing people to freely purchase them?

How the fuck do you maintain a militia "in good working order" while also banning their existence in peace time?

[–] glizzard@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lmfao oh so now the militia is just all people again. The fucking state owns the arms, dumbass

I just love this deep assumption that the founders wanted every person to have a gun to ensure every citizen could “kill invaders”. Lmfao maybe if all you Americans didnt need propaganda to go and melt a bunch of vietcong to palm trees, you wouldnt need such shot fucking justification to wrap yourselves around a massive lie. Literally americans get murdered by tree kids, and go back to use that as their justification to own weapons. The founders literally knew the word “PEOPLE” and instead chose “Militia”. Leave it pick-and-choose republican-americans to determine what words mean when they want it to. There are no good Americans.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The state doesn't own arms for a militia. Look up the fucking definition of a militia. They are ran by civilians and are not an official military organization (they are paramilitary), but can still be leveraged by state governors.

The state already funds for arms separately for their state National Guard using public tax money funded by the local tax payer, and mandate training on them. They don't care if a militia doesn't hold regular training, as long as they are capable of taking orders from the governor and can maneuver in an organized manner.

Militias are necessary for when the feds leverage their militarized entities to supplant democratic process.

You are a dipshit that needs to work on reading comprehension instead of non-sequiturs to grasp a "win" in this argument.

Also, you didn't answer my question, so I assume you don't know what the fuck you are talking about and everyone here should simply ignore you.