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The right to carry a AK-47 into Walmart is not the same as a government handing out weapons to defend from invasion.

What if it's your government that is the aggressor? What then? Foreign and domestic.

It’s absolutely delusional to think that armed citizens could contend with a modernized military, especially in the US. That time has passed.

Take for example how well BLM protestors managed against lightly militarized police—and they get scrap compared to current military tech.

This argument may make sense in less developed nations but it’s time for legislation in the US to wake up to the 21st century.

So it’s “absolutely delusional” to arm Ukrainian citizens against the Russian army too?

False dichotomy.

Reread: The right to carry a AK-47 into Walmart is not the same as a government handing out weapons to defend from invasion.

> It’s absolutely delusional to think that armed citizens could contend with a modernized military

I think the Ukrainian conflict has shown this to be much more nuanced than your absolutist remark allows. Not to mention the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam conflicts, all showing how a modernized military can indeed be fought using less-than-sophisticated means.

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