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Inb4 muh guns good tho, find your own shower this one's mine >:)

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

But it was possible to sneak in daggers (the proverbial weapon for political violence; see sicarius). Since Julius Caesar's assassination occurred outside this boundary, the senatorial conspirators could not be charged with sacrilege for carrying weapons inside the sacred city.

Seems banning weapons didn't work back then. Gee, it surely wouldn't happen today either. And only some people were charged with the crime while politicians could escape charges of literal murder.

If anything you've shown that we've done this before and restricting weapons only allows certain people to have weapons. No thanks, I'll hold onto my rights before ICE tries to take them.

Yup, not as good of an argument as they think it is. They seem to miss the point you made and the other that even the military and state forces weren't allowed to be armed either within the Pomerium. All I hear of gun control advocates are allowing the state to continue having arms but not individuals. Sounds vaguely authoritarian to me. As well I'm not sure I'd consider Rome of all historical places one of actual enlightenment.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow they broke the rules, snuck daggers in and political violence skyrocketed. Surely there is a lesson to be learned here... Nah guns good, always have been.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

Not good. Just a form of power, and they work sometimes, and not others.