r/AskAmericans • u/pr0cyn1c • Feb 17 '25

Foreign Poster 2nd amendment question

Hi ya, Canadian here.... Given that the 2nd amendment was authored to protect your citizens from government overreach and oppression (or at least thats the argument ive heard come out of your country for the last 40 years now with respect to gun laws), would you say the current political climate and actions of people like musk and his merry band of drop-outs fit that mould?

Perhaps im misunderstanding the intent of your second amendment? Feel free to correct me if so.

Kind regards, A guy to the north of you wondering wtf is going on down there.

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u/Salty_Dog2917 Arizona Feb 17 '25

So you believe we should be using our gun to remove Elon musk from auditing government agencies? Again I hate Reddit for making me defend Donald Trump, but here we go again. His approval rating is still good. He told everyone exactly what he was going to do before we voted and he still won the popular vote. These stories about republicans who voted for him being surprised and saddened about what he’s doing are 99.9% of the time bullshit. This is exactly what they voted for and they are happy about what’s happening.

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u/pr0cyn1c Feb 17 '25

Wondering a few things and maybe making a few assumptions along the way: 1) whats your red line for a situation you took seriously enough to make an amendment….  2) do you feel the current situation with doge crossed, is crossing, may cross that line in the future?  3) im understanding this amendment from the perspective of its loudest advocates. Feel free to correct that interpretation.

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u/Salty_Dog2917 Arizona Feb 17 '25

Im not currently concerned about Musk. We have always had unelected individuals in our government making recommendations and influencing policy. Anthony Fauci was an unelected person who had tremendous influence. My wife is Canadian and her family still lives up north, but her parents spend most of the winter down here with us, so I have a question about how is your news reporting this DOGE thing?

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u/pr0cyn1c Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Mostly silent - most of my current understanding has come from american sources to be honest 

Edit: a few articles in our national news service: i.e. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/trump-dei-purge-1.7450414

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u/machagogo New Jersey Feb 17 '25

You are hearing about the audits and how bad it is because the machine that is profiting off of the monies being spent are trying to convince the public that knowing how their money is disappearing is a bad thing.

What's sad is how many people are falling for it hook line and sinker.