r/benshapiro • u/American_Streamer "Here's the reality" • Sep 01 '22

"You conservatives are powerless. Your AR-15s mean nothing. You'd need a squadron of F-15s to fight back against the government. Even then you'd certainly lose. Also, you nearly overthrew the republic on January 6th." - Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., #46 Other Daily Wire Members

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If our AR's mean nothing. Why are they so hell bent on taking them from us?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Because you won’t defeat the US government with AR-15s but you can defeat the local elementary school with AR-15s.

I’m not saying your guns should be taken away, but come on, you know why people don’t want you to have them.

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u/my_downvote_account Sep 01 '22

AR rifles have been around since the 60s. School shootings were exceedingly rare until the early 2000s

Why is that?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Because gun supply has greatly increased since 2007 so more people who shouldn’t have access have access. Combine that with states having differing laws, increased mental illness, socioeconomic factors, etc… you have the recipe for more shootings

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Not sure; maybe people got crazier. Obviously guns aren’t walking into schools and killing people by themselves.

I was answering the question “why are they so hell bent from taking guns from us?” Because they think that will reduce the number of mass shootings.

An assault rifle means nothing in the context of me, a citizen, taking on the strongest and most well-funded military in the world. An assault rifle means a lot in different context.

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u/Noremac420 Sep 02 '22

You alone or even a small group? Sure. In large numbers?

This entire line of thinking is glaringly naive. Was reading another sub with a bunch of morons circle-jerking about this. I swear they all must be kids with no world experience to believe that. They seriously think that US military personnel would willingly fire on their own friends and families?

If there truly was a war to break out, the military would fragment, insurgencies would rise, shit would hit the fan. And yes, small arms do make a difference, and there's plenty of real world historical examples to back that up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

No, I don’t think military personnel would fire on their own friends and families. The military isn’t going to attack citizens. They would defend themselves from armed citizens if they were fired upon. But the idea that the military is going to “come for you”, and that you can defend yourselves with your AR-15’s is fiction.

If society breaks down and shit hits the fan, yeah I’d agree that having a rifle can go a long way. But not in an armed conflict between citizens and the military. Having guns isn’t going to help you, it’s going to make you a target.

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u/misterforsa Sep 01 '22

Doing ding. These dummies LOVE to feign ignorance. Your downvotes evidence that they further hate being called out for it.

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u/Impressive_Region508 Sep 01 '22

Well if this was libturd subreddit you'd be perma banned by now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

True. Or a Trump subreddit, or r/conservative. Its pretty much all of reddit, not just the liberals. Most people don't want to hear opposing viewpoints on their subreddit, they just want to have the beliefs they already hold reinforced.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Yep and people don’t realize they’re putting themselves into echo chambers