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mvdtnzyesterday at 5:54 PM3 repliesview on HN

But not a single person has actually done so. Until it can be shown that armed citizens are making a genuine difference against government agents it's still just bluster.


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stevenwooyesterday at 10:44 PM

Not the same thing or even country, but the guy killing Abe with the handmade gun changed the handling of Moonie infiltration of Japanese government and society. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/how-shinzo-abe...

quailfarmeryesterday at 6:10 PM

Disagree. The most valuable feature of a fraction of people having guns is that the risk of someone having a gun discourages the most extreme harassment, even if no gun is ever fired.

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saubeidlyesterday at 7:29 PM

The Black Panther Party proved this works decades ago: https://www.wbur.org/npr/442801731/director-chronicles-the-b...