The US military is currently the most powerful in the world. Is there anything in place, besides soldiers’/CO’s individual allegiances to stop a military coup?
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The second amendment is another deterrent here. Having an armed populace that may not want to follow your new dictatorship is not ideal.
I expect comments like “a pistol or AR can’t beat a tank/missle/fighter jet”, which is certainly true. When every home is or may be armed it takes a lot of resources (ie: soldiers willing to die for your coup if they barge into the wrong house unprepared) to overcome that. You can exterminate a large city I suppose to create fear, but you still have to try and disarm the citizens in the USA if you really want to take over.
This is why the 2nd amendment is important. I’m not against gun control, but I am against repealing this amendment or otherwise fully outlawing gun ownership as we need this deterrent.
Just my opinion – YMMV
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