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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not a USAmerican, is this a RW extremist phrase?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

It's basically saying "if you try to enact gun control, we will shoot you", make of that what you will.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It comes from "molon labe" (which you'll also sometimes see) which was what the Spartans said when told to lay down their arms or face certain defeat by the Persians at thermopylae. Spoiler: they came and took them.