• TachyonTele@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Miller seemed to be trying to lay the groundwork for President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to deploy the military to suppress an uprising against the federal government.

    It’s just the daily beast, but at least someone said it.

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      The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791

      Insurrection Act of 1807

      Just 16 years from “we must be allowed arms to protect from tyrannical government” to “if the people take up arms against tyrannical government we can massacre them”.

      Really makes you wonder why the NRA and the millions of gun nuts haven’t campaigned to overturn that act. It’s almost as if they’ve never had any intention of using their arms to protect against tyranny…

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        21 hours ago

        Look up NRA Russian funding, it was happenong for tears. Marina Butina wormed her way into the upper eschelons of the NRA to promote Russian goals, and she’s just one of the more visible examples that was caught.