• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      That doesn’t help in a modern war. If the threat was a bunch of random people with spears and muskets, yes, arming citizens is the play. When the threat is bombs and drones, giving everyone a broomstick will achieve exactly nothing.
      Edit: was going to write boomstick, but this one works just as well.

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          And this is only one of may many ways why Canada is so much better country than whatever the fuck is happening south of them

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      So what? They can shoot at the supersonic missiles? At the swarma of drones? At the stealth bombers?

      The civil war was a long time ago.

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          I mean, they do have a chance. I don’t think it will be good, but I don’t envision Canada just rolling over when orange platoons will start bombing them, I expect they will fight back, and even though US is that much more militaristic, Canada isn’t toothless.
          The chance isn’t particularly big though.

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      They didn’t have a gun problem to begin with yet recently laid some of the most draconian bans on Earth. Only Australia (now) and Britain are worse.