America Is Occupied By a Dangerous Second Amendment Scam

America is now under armed assault, a tyranny that suppresses free speech and has produced almost-daily mass- and school-shootings, in a gun ownership frenzy fed by people who claim their power comes from the Constitution.

Their entire argument — that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to form private militias and then turn their guns against the government — is a complete and utter scam.

America is now occupied by this armed movement that regularly terrorizes racial minorities, school boards, witnesses against Donald Trump, politicians, poll workers, and LGBTQ people.

Armed “patriot” and “militia” groups in America claim that the Second Amendment gives them the right to both carry weapons and form themselves into groups for the purpose of repelling or stopping “tyranny” or a “tyrannical government.”

(Weirdly, the “tyrrany” they talk about involves raising taxes on very very rich people, letting gay people get married and women make the choice of abortion for themselves, making sure every American has healthcare and can get a college or trade school education, and raising the minimum wage.)

The gun and militia claims these people make are simply not true: in fact, many of their organizations and behaviors are criminal in both every state in the union and under federal law, as I’ll explain.

In response to demand from men in militia groups who want to cosplay as…