the right to bear arms and how it can be used to defend from big government

[Mr Khan]

badgenome said:

Mr Khan said:

Ukraine has plenty of guns, though. Legally or illegally (not sure what their laws are, but a fair few have commented on Ukraine's relatively high gun ownership rate). Crimea i'd argue is more a case in point on my side: if they had tried to shoot back at the Russians, it would have given them excuse to kill or arrest anyone who looked at them funny.

I didn't mean guns. I meant nukes. Ukraine gave up their real nukes in exchange for fake assurances about their territorial integrity.

I see. Although we can still suggest that was for the better, given the state of the current Ukrainian government, i'd be rather nervous right now if they had nukes, even if that kept Putin away.