Edit context: Hasan is calling out right-wingers for getting upset about leftists carrying guns.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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The second amendment is meant to protect the public's ability, not "right," to overthrow a tyrannical government by protecting their legal right to maintain the tools to do so. That's because once such a rebellion actually starts, "legal rights" become irrelevant since the validity of the state itself is being challenged.
So no, you can't use the 2nd Amendment as a defense in the incumbent government's courts. You can only use it to win, replacing the government and not having to face a trial at all.
(Also, to be clear, the 2nd is definitely about rebelling against tyranny, not hunting or self-defense against crime or whatever else the liberals try to twist it as -- remember, it was written by folks who had literally just finished doing the same.)
Lol