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Not_an_Owl posted...

It makes absolutely no sense today, when the government can afford tanks, jet fighters, helicopters, and drones.

This is what I mean when I say:

requiring a massive (i.e. deadly and ineffective) escalation to enforce an illegal policy

Let's say the government has a new policy that every house will have cameras installed in it. All they want is mass surveillance into every citizen's life, they explicitly DON'T want to declare war on their own citizens and murders thousands/millions of them. The 2nd amendment and the proliferation of arms among citizens makes it so, if people want to resist cameras in their home, the government has to decide whether it's worth starting a vicious murderous war just to get what they want. It's a simple decision. (which is why government goes for far more acceptable surveillance like Alexa/etc)
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