National Guard members and Marines, called to Los Angeles by President Trump to prevent violent protests, can otherwise only serve in support roles.

“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We will see,” he said.

We have not even seen “actual military violence” at this point. Keep that in mind when you argue that it doesn’t matter if this escalates further bc what else could Trump do, the answer is this.

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    Because it was always hiding the reality that they didn’t care about any of that shit as long as people they don’t like are getting hurt. The 2A canard is almost exclusively used by angry scared idiots who just want to shoot their neighbors and get away with it.