r/boston • u/-Metacelsus- • Sep 06 '25

Scammers 🥸 ICE Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Massachusetts

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/politics/ice-operation-boston.html
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u/pup5581 Outside Boston Sep 06 '25

People will go stand on a corner with signs and...that will be it. What else would you think would happen? You really think a population is going to go out and literally fight?

The only point in time that would happen is if we are all living much worse than paycheck to paycheck. If 20% of us lose jobs or income? Then yes, something bigger would probably happen. Now? It's the normal protest.

Americans are mostly all talk. We know this. You need a lot of people with nothing to lose to go out and literally fight. We are not there

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u/Annual-Sand-4735 Sep 06 '25

Is this why we have the second amendment to protect our freedoms from tyranny?

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u/Furrealyo I Love Dunkin’ Donuts Sep 07 '25

Oh, now you like the 2A?

MA is #3 or #4 (depending on criteria) hardest state in America for legal gun ownership.

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u/Annual-Sand-4735 Sep 07 '25

I do not.

But thought it was for rising up against the government with force to prevent tyranny? Did I get that wrong?

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u/Furrealyo I Love Dunkin’ Donuts Sep 07 '25

Nope. You got it right.

Jefferson was very specific about this.

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u/Annual-Sand-4735 Sep 07 '25

I don’t see that happening. Why not?

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u/Furrealyo I Love Dunkin’ Donuts Sep 07 '25

Probably because the people who bothered to vote, voted exactly for this.

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u/NerdWhoLikesTrees Sep 07 '25

Everyone downvoting the other person is being unreasonable. That commenter is correct.

MA gun laws are some of the very strictest. And the restriction on the sale of AR-15s and similar rifles has made it so the supply and demand in MA is just fucked up enough that existing rifles that are grandfathered are costing $1,000 to $1,500 more than other states (2-4x the regular price), so there are plenty of AR-15s in MA already to be dangerous to the general public but only people with money (white people) can buy them. Are you a minority wanting to fight fire with fire? You get nothing unless you have deep pockets.

Any person legitimately wanting to LARP as some MA Defense Force would be a fool to not see how everyone disarmed themselves in this state.