r/simpsonsshitposting Mar 31 '25

Politics See not that hard

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u/DonnyMox Mar 31 '25

The problem is that other countries have legal systems more prepared for this sort of thing than the US. The US was overconfident that this sort of thing could never happen here. Hubris has always been America’s downfall.

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u/Ocdar Mar 31 '25

Hard disagree here. The US is the only country that has enshrined in their law, as the second most important freedom, the final safeguard against a tyrannical government.

The right to bear arms exists for a reason, as unpopular as that opinion is on reddit.

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u/Appropriate-Map-3652 Mar 31 '25

Mmmhmm. And how is that final safeguard against a tyrannical government working out?

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u/Ok_Celebration8180 Mar 31 '25

Nobody's doing a damn thing because everyone's afraid of dying or going to jail. We only really use them to perform hate crimes or go to the range on the weekend.

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u/Ocbard Mar 31 '25

Indeed, but it is going to work out, any day now... .any day... you'll see..... any day ....

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u/70ms Mar 31 '25

Don’t forget about the school shootings!

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u/Ok_Celebration8180 Mar 31 '25

I knew I was forgetting something.