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Armed men with guns were militarily consequential during the Civil War. Today, they are a danger only to civilians.

SauciestGNU on April 29, 2020 [–]

Small arms and asymmetrical tactics have quite substantive results in places like Afghanistan, Yemen, and Iraq. Let's not write off potential danger because of lopsided resourcing.

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