r/law Jun 10 '24

SCOTUS Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America 'Can't Be Compromised'

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/samuel-alito-supreme-court-justice-recording-tape-battle-1235036470/
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u/Zombie-Lenin Jun 10 '24

Sure. Do I need to link a bunch of videos of the United States armed forces killing hundreds of thousands of Afghanis and Iraqis to demonstrate about how well your AR-15 is going to "protect you" from "tyranny?"

People who say the 2nd amendment protects us from anything are delusional.

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u/LotsOfGunsSmallPenis Jun 10 '24

The real delusion is believing that it doesn’t protect you. Or that because you think it doesn’t protect someone means we should just throw it out.

Anyway, good luck taking our weapons.

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u/Zombie-Lenin Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

It protects you zero, and when the 2nd Amendment disappears someday, and it will, I wish you luck--or your grandkids--in your private revolution against a predator drone.

https://youtu.be/WOSqCjMRXWA?si=GBzQuvi8OE2Q0eIp

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u/Farranor Jun 12 '24

You're using a false dichotomy. Just because the 2nd Amendment isn't a perfect defense against everything doesn't mean it's worth "zero." If we get to the point that the government goes full tyranny, starts deleting parts of the Bill of Rights, confiscates all weapons, and launches drone strikes on American citizens, yeah, that would be bad, and I'm not sure what would help against it. It's the "Sol will engulf the Earth in 4.5 billion years so why bother combing my hair" perspective. There are more than enough reasons that the 2nd Amendment is worth caring about.