they will keep you safe from neighborhood or out of town magas who want to kill you, your family and your friends & the gay couple next door - we progressives don't want to overthrow the government by force - we want to be safe in our homes and on the street
Sure, but we should acknowledge that right up until the point where we start shooting at MAGA, having the guns makes life worse than not having them. The goal ultimately has to be 1) defeat fascism 2) Remove the guns
Exactly, and that faction has been relying on political agitators and chaos to push through their agenda. Fear and reactivity are strategic advantages for them, denying those advantages is going to slow their roll.