Quote from: Kimarhi on May 07, 2013, 10:04:16 AM
Insane, and not easily pacified.
That's what we like to believe.
QuoteThe reason people are so up in arms for it isn't the fact that it would take away home defense, its because it would get rid of the right to organize a militia. Given how successful militias were in every one of our home wars, people are a little worried when somebody in power wants to get rid of or drastically change the 2nd amendment.
But no one (in power) is really trying to get rid of the 2nd amendment (...because no one dares too since the NRA has made sure it is to be considered the holiest and most important amendment of them all...), and the only ones who have drastically changed it (i.e. how the amendment should be interpreted) is the NRA, which btw houses one of our nation's finest of dingbat super crazies - Wayne LaPierre. The stuff he says! Jebus...
QuoteI can speak from a military perspective. The only chance a civilian resistance would have to a Big Brother like movement would be if they could keep their AR15 and AR10. Pistols and shotguns would do jack shit. Assault rifles designed to kill are zeroed at 300 meters (and can shoot much further than that). A pistol and a shotgun are going to have half that distance. For the aggressor, that would be the equivalant of shooting fish in a barrel.
This scenario is so ridiculous and has so many flaws and is so arcane, but let's pretend for a second; let's say our draconian shadow government and its reptilian president aka evil Socialist Muslim Kenyan emperor Hussein decide to go truly rouge full force on upstanding (2nd) amendment abiding good citizens in our country, do you really think a well organized militia would stand a chance against drones, tanks, fighter jets, chemical weapons etc.?
QuoteFrom a home security standpoint if you got rid of weapons then you'd still be in trouble because then America's gun history would be a huge problem. Because no criminal is going to turn his weapons in, whereas law abiding citizens would. Look at Chicago. Some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. Also the highest violent crime rate in the nation because the criminals have no fear of any homeowners.
So more guns is the solution? Such a sad and cynical way to not really deal with the problem. Fight fear with fear.
Why not give the police and the communities more resources, invest in the people, deal with poverty and make education affordable, which is all possible if we stop cuddling with lobbyists and big money interests (...which directly includes the NRA).
QuoteIts not as easy as waving a magic wand and making stuff go away.
Unfortunately that is true.
QuoteDespite what some nations who've already been curbed by their government thinks.
I wouldn't mind being "curbed".