• obvs@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    If the rest of the world invades, there’s a good chance the US would not act as a unified force to repel the invasion. A majority of the people in the US do not want the current regime, and would likely not support it above the other countries, who would be seen as liberators.

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      21 days ago

      If another Western democracy invaded us, I’d join them and hand out guns to lacking Americans.

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        21 days ago

        I expect that if there are guns to hand out they probably would get handed out.

        I imagine that it would depend on how many spares were available. Like if, for example, not many people had guns, it might be less likely to succeed. But if tons of people had gone out and bought one, there might be fewer people looking for one. And if everyone who already owned one had gotten a spare with some higher-capacity magazines just in case, that might really make that more likely.

        But I’d be really interested to see if people in the US would go about learning about how a lot of weapons are made from stuff people have around their homes.

        Not that any of this is going to happen, of course.

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          21 days ago

          My guns wouldn’t go very far. :)

          I have loads, but for example a load are single-shot shotguns. Takes some practice to reload fast. And black powder is right out. And the funky shit like .22 magnum, yeah, not a lot of rounds out there, and zero people reloading. Not giving up the .223, tiny 9mm and .45s. Go find your own damned gun!