Who in history has used legal gun ownership to defeat a tyrannical government?
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Anonymous
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The far right pro-gun camp insists that they must defend their right to stockpile multiple and highly lethal firearms in the event that they must rise up against a tyrannical government.
As such, can anyone provide an example of a nation, in the distant or recent past, that has drawn on their legal right to own guns to successfully defeat a tyrannical government and install a new, highly functioning democracy? Usually I like to think that laws are based at least in part on best practices and lessons learned analyses, so just curious if there are any examples we can draw insights from. |
Anonymous
| The United States |
Anonymous
It’s OWN government, not colonial rule. |
Anonymous
| Guns ended Nazi Germanys reign |
Anonymous
Again, we are looking for examples of citizens using guns to rise up against their OWN government, that same government that granted them the legal right to gun ownership in the first instance. |
Anonymous
| The French used guns in their revolution |
Anonymous
| Iran 1979 |
Anonymous
| Cuba 1959 |
Anonymous
| Russia 1917 and the overthrow of Nicholas and Alexandra |
Anonymous
| OP here. Were the guns used and uprising done during these revolutions primarily by private citizens, or was it primarily done by the military? I am unclear on this. Looking at present day gun ownership laws by country, it looks like most of these nations have very restrictive gun laws. I’m not trying to be snarky here but really trying to learn whether there have been instances that a primarily citizen-based uprising, aided entirely by guns, has overthrown its own government and military (which is usually controlled by the government) and gone on to install a successful new state. |
Anonymous
| Citizens. Try reading a book |
Anonymous
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We don’t still have the 2A to keep the government in check. That’s a joke.
We still have the 2A because it’s profitable. |
Anonymous
Because that ended well. |
Anonymous
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USA 1946 - Battle of Athens.
Anyway a better question is... what dictatorial regime didn’t first disarm the citizenry before imposing murderous totalitarianism? |
Anonymous
There is nothing stopping the us from doing that. We no longer have well regulated militias. |