Historically speaking, mutually assured destruction seemingly works every time its tried. When two enemies both wield enough power to destroy the other, both will tend to stand down and attempt to coexist because they figure living with them is better than no one living at all. The Founding Fathers knew this when they wrote the Second Amendment. They knew that if citizens had guns, the government would be very hesitant to impose any sort of real tyranny. They knew that armed, citizens would have the ability to resist tyranny and restore the Republic, should they deem it necessary. Of…

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