Should have kept their guns. 

 Yup.

As late as WW2 we were no different to the US of A there, except no Second Amendment (no other Constitutional rights either). 

 It will eventually happen in the US and the 2A will be no obstacle. Lots of judges, including some on the Supreme Court, would rule that the 2A only protects a state’s right to have a militia, and does not protect an individual’s right. I expect Heller will be overturned eventually. 

 "Men are better than gates, and no gate will endure against our Enemy if men desert it"

- "The Lord of the Rings" by J R R Tolkien


Americans' real defence is the unusually high percentage of their fellow citizens involved in activism of all sorts. That's not always a positive, I'll certainly grant, but it does limit the length of runway the government has for radical changes. 

 Can't wait for 90% activism towards TND
 @Captain Arepa 
 @Dissident Sound  

 Problem is it won’t be a radical change by the time it arrives. It will be at a time when Americans are used to needing a permit to have a bolt-action hunting rifle and a revolver for self-defense. 

 Very true. 

Your Second Amendment is beautifully simple and plainly worded (in 1700s English), but people just flatly pretend not to understand... 

 Everyone understands what it’s actually intended for. Many, including progressive federal judges, pretend to understand it in a way that it’s effectively nullified, I.e. “it’s only for state militias, which of course must follow federal orders according to the Supremacy Clause.” So essentially that it gives the government the right to have guns, which makes no sense as an item in the Bill of Rights. 😂 

 Ridiculous. They have no trouble understanding "gay" has shifted in meaning since the 1700s, but play dumb about "regulated" (disiplined) and "militia" (freeborn adult males).

That said, better than our courts here. Our Section 92 forbids restricting "commerce" between the states. Its not much of a right, but its something. COVID border closures were challenged on s92 grounds, but apparently "emergency" abrogates our Constitution... 

 Check out the dissenting opinion in the Heller case if you’re interested. Pretty wild that just less than half the justices joined in the “it protects the government’s guns, not yours” opinion. 

 Yup. Miller is even crazier 

 The willing turnover was shocking to me. I also know nothing about Australia. 

 Where will you go? What will you do? Will you stay and disobey? 
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 Alarming to say the least. I'm grateful I don't live there. 

 Back to being a prison colony. 

 We never stopped.

“The problem with Australians is not that so many of them are descended from convicts, but that so many of them are descended from prison officers.” - Clive James 

 Remember Aussies you can come and live across the ditch in New Zealand. The government won’t do crazy shit and nature won’t try and kill you either.  

 That’ll be rolled out over entire 5👁️’s 

 I will find it entertaining to watch our incompetent gov try to implement it. If I need to leave Oz, I will.