This article got me thinking that maybe blue states “should” pause or relax some gun controls and say it is because they think the people may need to defend themselves from a fascist government. They could add in some subsidized gun saftey classes in the same bill.
The concept is symbolic mostly. It may give people like ICE agents a little less confidence when they do a raid because it seems more dangerous to them. And if things get really ugly, it could arguably be a deterrent. Ideally national guard troops ordered into a blue state might refuse such an order because they expect armed resistance that would force them to shoot civilians. Where as right now, they would expect no or very little civilian resistance. And that possibility might deter the feds from ordering troops in because they don’t want to risk the order being refused.
At the end of the day. Most americans don’t want Americans killing each other. So anything we can do to make that less appetizing to the people in charge that don’t care about Americans, the better.
In America there are tens if not hundreds of millions more guns than there are people. Any amount of “incentive” for Americans to buy even more guns is just pissing into an ocean of piss. The people who want guns already have one, or two, or 30. The exception being teens coming of legal age.
None of this has deterred the neo-Gestapo from goosestepping as of yet.
The real problem with your proposal is that it is a clear signal of treasonous intent against the FedGov from any state that passes it. They will immediately start arresting state officials no matter how coy you play it.
At this point, not arming up for fear of reprisal is just as ridiculous as not criticizing the government for fear of reprisal. Use your fucking rights or lose them.
I duuno. Washington passed that bill making it illegal for troops ftom other states to enter washington. The intent there is pretty clear. Noone got arrested.
And it isn’t about the reality of the number of guns. It’s about the news that the state did the thing. Maybe it only results in 5 more guns being bought. But if the perception is that the civilians are armed and intend to defend, that acts as the deterrent.
Some people own a lot of guns, that’s a very misleading stat. Only 32% of adult Americans own guns. That’s also about the percent of eligible voters who voted for Trump.
Mamy blue states discourage gun ownership and so do Democrats. In some democratic circles gun ownership is seen as being on the other team.