Reply #56: It seems to me that our 2nd Amendment has done nothing to stop

[Doctor_J]

the galloping fascism in the US over the last 7 years. The resident of the WH now writes his own laws, and tears up the ones from the legislature that he doesn't like. People who want to peacefully protest are put in cages, miles from view of the target of the protest. We have political prisoners held with access to any of the bill of rights. The Executive branch censors what we read, see, and hear.

Our ridiculously lax gun ownership rights have done nothing to prevent a fascist government from taking over. So this business about "When fascists want to take over, they'll take our guns first" is bullshit.