I think generally, widespread assault rifle possession functions as a system of mutually assured destruction between forces or government and the body of governed people. Like strategic nuclear arsenals, it is the threat of use that balances power and assures peace. Would the military exact astounding casualties on the populace in the case of conflict? Absolutely. History shows us though, that an armed population with superior numbers and guerrilla war tactics is extremely effective in combat.
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I actually had the same thought and expected this to be one of the first answers.
It's definitely harder to physically oppress an armed population with firearms on the same level as the state military.
I’m not a huge fan of assault rifles myself, but I see them as an necessity, and an obligation for every citizen patriot to own and keep. Keep a pistol handy too, just in case an addle brained SSRI fiend decides to go murder elementary school kids. I’m serious folks. This has to stop, and we’re the only people who can do it. Stop being a baby suckling perpetually on the nanny state’s teat. Stand up.
Damn fire calling out SSRIs too, fully agreed there, those things are handed out like handy but have some horrid side effects. And I've seen the research linking them to increased violence and shootings too. It's way too compelling to just ignore - that'd be ignoring reality.
Docs have put me on em before because they're trained to force em down everyone's throats and they made me attempt suicide.
I've never done that before I took SSRIs.
So selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors modify the concentration of serotonin in the brain synapses. The interesting thing is that over time your body will absorb the serotonin receptors decreasing the effect of the manipulated serotonin concentrations. The brain is a symphony of hormones, changing the volume of one instrument in the symphony (serotonin) doesn’t increase the quality of the music.
Yup like any pharmas you build tolerance because your brain gets used to the drug and changes how it works in response.
This is why I just blaze now.