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Old 10-17-2009, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira View Post
Both NATO and the Soviet Union knew they couldn't fight eachother directly. Why is that? Because of nukes. Nobody wanted to fight eachother. Because if one side attacked, the attacking side would get oblitoreted by the Attacked side.
And because the Soviets knew that even if they managed to sweep aside the armed forces without being nuked into oblivion, there were still thousands of police departments and millions of private gun owners ready and willing to fight the good fight. Our Second Amendment was one of the things that scared them the most.
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