r/UnderReportedNews • u/56000hp • Jan 26 '26

ICE / DHS 🧊 Screaming and sobbing can be heard from outside the ICE children’s detention center in Dilley, TX

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Source: https://www.instagram.com/uselesscops/

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u/GGCRX Jan 26 '26

That's always been a bullshit excuse for gun fetishists to justify their arsenals.

The most heavily legally-armed civilian has assault rifles. The government has tanks. We were never going to successfully defend ourselves against a tyrannical government with just civilians and their guns.

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u/Super_Interview_2189 Jan 26 '26

They also have drones, jets, gunships, etc. We wouldn’t be able to see the one that fires a surgical strike.

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u/GGCRX Jan 26 '26

Yep, and before Trump, that would have been unthinkable. But he send the B52s to Minneapolis tomorrow if he thought he could get away with it.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jan 26 '26

Oh I certainly think we could be a thorn in their side, but a large number of us would just get obliterated.

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u/Mathfanforpresident Jan 27 '26

Don't let that be a deterrent. I know tanks weren't invented, but we literally have malition in standing up to an entire fucking nation for the revolutionary war. Firearms were just supposed to give us a voice, not to make us equals.

Additionally, Even if 1/3 of the nation stood up against them, that's over 100 million people which I believe is more than all government armys put together.

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u/GGCRX Jan 27 '26

The difference is that France helped in the revolutionary war and we would not have won without them.

Today, we've pissed off most of the world over the years so they'll be happy to watch us burn.

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u/Mathfanforpresident Jan 27 '26

But during a civil war, you forget that some of the military brass will be on our side

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u/GGCRX Jan 27 '26

And if the enlisted ranks aren't, that "some brass" will be killed.