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People always bring up defense against the evil gov't. I'd be interested to see how effective some guns are going to be against tanks, nukes, drones, etc. Just seems like more alarmist bullshit to justify owning guns. However, I'm not against gun ownership — I'm only against lack of regulations so any crazy nut can buy a gun at their whim and go massacre people.

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Have you ever looked up the FP-45 Liberator? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

Small arms are used to take out troops and gain THEIR arms, therefore gaining larger and more powerful weapons. Thats a basic military tactic when facing a larger, better armed force.

What 'regulation' would you suggest that 1.) does not deprive people of their right to own a gun and 2.) can be applied to everyone evenly? and at what point does ANYONE have to deny the right of self-defense?

there is none, because there will ALWAYS be some group of people who would be adversely affected & denied the right by no fault of their own.

National militaries are effectivr against other national militaries. Against heavily armed insurrectionist civilian populations, not so much.

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