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Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] 65 points 2 years ago (17 children)

When again are americans using their right to bear arms to protect themselves against an authoritarian government? If you dont do it now never again use this argument for the second amendment.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A lot of Americans don't feel this is authoritarian and actually welcome it. They would love to have Trump as president for life.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If any of us actually find ourselves in that situation, it would be unwise to post about it on the internet, even if someone is calling you a phoney.

    Every post we make here is getting recorded by the NSA.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    When again are americans using their right to bear arms to protect themselves against an authoritarian government?

    Our arms don't exactly match theirs. The military has a lot more budget than citizens.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    White male wealthy supremacists?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Also the definition of what the founding fathers had of white was extremely different. It was only people from Britain that were white. The English, Scottish, and Welsh. No one else. Not the Germans, Irish, or Swedes even.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    The bill of rights applies to anyone standing on American soil regardless of if they are a citizen, a legal resident, a refugee, or even here “illegally”.

    They have the right to bear arms (per their states laws), they have the right to freedom of speech, assembly and religion, they have the right to due process and protection from unreasonable search and seizure. The constitution doesn’t distinguish citizens from non citizens when it comes to their rights.

    A lot of what trump says he’s gonna do isn’t possible unless the constitution gets suspended. Which is unlikely but not impossible.

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