re: This is a very potent argument against the "2nd amendment means militia" talking point

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You’ll need to address the size of the US populace, the size of the US military and the ability for current US citizens in the military willing and able to fire on their own countrymen. As an analogy, it’s estimated only 1/3 of colonists fought against their own. Take away 1/3 of the military and you’ve created a pretty vast gap.

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Nowhere in this thread am I discussing the US military attacking our own soil or people. I’m discussing (and have been throughout) the problem with the Founding Fathers’ preference for a militia over a standing army and how that no longer works in the modern world.