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Originally Posted by ferrets_bueller
their kids have even fewer prospect than they did.
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Here's the things (aside from robots that are going to make us all destitute while awash in cheap robot-produced goods): they don't have to be. Move to a city. Teach those kids languages. See if they can do STEM stuff. Those kids can/will have lots of chances.
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I WOULD come for their god damn guns, in the sense that civilians should not have AR 15s.
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I was thinking this morning about what would have happened at gun control been premised on an individual right to bear arms, but expressly predicated on the need for a well-regulated militia. Like, aim for the court reading the 2nd amendment as prohibiting regulation of guns that places an undue burden on organizing a militia for the defense of the nation.
A militia might need an AR 15, but it likely also would need the person bearing it to be registered and trained and the weapon and ammunition for it closely tracked and it's storage secured. I could live with a broader range of civilian weapons being available if they have to maintained similar to how I imagine (with little basis or experience) they are in the military.
Probably wouldn't have changed the outcome or appeased the gun nuts in any way, but likely is closer to the spirit of the founder's intent (if one cares about such things which one probably shouldn't).
