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re: Should Americans be allowed to easily own the same weapons as law enforcement?

Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:53 pm to
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103488 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:53 pm to
Yes. Arms are commonly defined as anything that can be carried and fired by one person.

We should be able to own all types of guns, launchers, and small explosives.

Missiles, bombs, nukes, etc would not be considered arms for an individual. However they should be allowed for private militias that are organized and trained for the purpose of national defense with government oversight. Think in terms of letters of Marque and Reprisal with merchant ships. They could own the weapons but would require authorization to fire them with safety protocols for storage and preventing unauthorized use. Authorization would come from state governments in conjunction with local sheriff departments, not from feds or military. The purpose being a check on a potential tyrannical federal government, or an additional line of defense in the event of a foreign invasion leading to collapse of communications or national military being overwhelmed
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
39760 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:58 pm to
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Full auto is our birth right


Eventually nuclear weapons
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
4336 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:58 pm to
Yes
Posted by beulahland
Little D'arbonne
Member since Jan 2013
4113 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:15 pm to
Shall not be infringed.
Posted by Wraytex
San Antonio - Gonzales
Member since Jun 2020
4220 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:18 pm to
Is it not more obvious than ever that a rogue government could Arm its 5th column against Americans?
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
25025 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:20 pm to
Yes. Any restriction on fire arms is really a violation of 2A. The ATF shouldn’t exist
Posted by AquaAg84
Member since May 2013
4046 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:21 pm to
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Yes, no, maybe?

This would apply to Americans in Louisiana, Minneapolis, Kansas, Chicago, everywhere.


Yes, and no restrictions. What is the point of starting this post, unless there is a lib hook?
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
47285 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:24 pm to
Yes.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
7326 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:33 pm to
At the least. We should be able to have better stuff than them if we can afford it. It's property.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
63858 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 8:38 pm to
Yes.
Posted by narddogg81
Vancouver
Member since Jan 2012
22193 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:20 pm to
At the birth of the country I could as a private citizen buy a large ship and arm it with as many cannons as it could hold. That's the modern equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Now if I used it illegally, that made me a pirate, and the sentence was death, but that's how it was
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
38947 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:29 pm to
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Should Americans be allowed to easily own the same weapons as law enforcement?


Should have access to the same weapons as a standard infantry soldier in any format that the military is able to use it.
Posted by mailman85
Kentucky
Member since Mar 2013
354 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:32 pm to
Yes
Posted by Chinese Bandit Boy
Member since Jun 2021
956 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:35 pm to
Read Federalist Paper #46 to get the answer Hint: Yes.
Posted by p0845330
Member since Aug 2013
6146 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 2:52 am to
Yes. The second amendment of the constitution of the United States supports it. Commie.
Posted by Fanatics
Member since Nov 2025
468 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:30 am to
you had me

quote:

with government oversight


lost me here
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
24704 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:56 am to
Of course we can. It is what the 2A is all about. In America, if the government does not fear the people it is supposed to serve, you have no America as it was intended.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
24704 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:59 am to
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A law should be passed that law enforcement cannot legally possess weapons or other equipment not available to the general public (subject to exceptions for felons, insane, etc.)


I feel any citizen who is not incarcerated, violent, or insane can own any type of arms that person can afford to own.
Posted by Kapitan
Belle Chasse
Member since Mar 2021
224 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 7:00 am to
Absolutely
Posted by Squirrelmeister
Member since Nov 2021
3935 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 7:06 am to
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Yes. A law should be passed that law enforcement cannot legally possess weapons or other equipment not available to the general public (subject to exceptions for felons, insane, etc.)

Hey great idea! We should make, like, a second amendment dude!
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