• Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      And they helped us win conflicts. Private warships. Privateers. Cannons, and bombs, and gatling guns in private hands with no issue until people like Reagan got afraid of the blacks and started cracking down on inner cities.

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        3 months ago

        Back when the us was struggling with resources and didnt have a large standing army?..

        Also, it was a problem decades prior. Reagan merely expanded the NFA from 1934, created to curb the violent crimes from organized criminals, by prohibiting the sale of new manufactured automatic weapons.