Stealth Agencies for Gun Control

Have faith, Mark

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:43:50 +0100

How do we stand against them? We stand UNITED! They're already outnumbered and outgunned. That's why they keep pushing more and more gun control on us. Our founding fathers didn't win their war but, they did win our freedom. Relentless courage and determination was the key. To suppress the defense of our Republic, any military would have to raze all of our neighborhoods with "Vulcans" firing from "Spookies" at thirty-thousand feet. Any attempt by them to force compliance on the ground will be met with CQB and long-range resistance, rendering much of their technological advantage impotent; "Red Dawn" style. Besides, any meth-addled home invader can gear up with NVGs, Level III body armor and simulator flash grenades and attack us at four in the morning, just like the jackboots who are already doing it. Once some of the enemy fall, though, their gear and weapons will be reclaimed and used to our advantage. We aren't completely vulnerable like so many other societies in world history. Just get your spirit right and pledging the ultimate sacrifice won't feel so scary. Hell, I look forward to falling for such a noble and righteous cause, for me & mine and for you & yours. There really is no other choice. At least not if you will be leaving this world to someone you love. - AmericanFreeman

Mr.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:35:40 +0100

Wasn't it great when the framers of the constitution guaranteed the people to keep and ber arms so we could protect ourselves from our own government? Well that was when they all had muskets! How in the world do we, as private citizens, expect to stand up to all the military toys we have paid our government to produce to use against foreign enemies and ultimately on us? Do we think a few handguns, shotguns and some assault rifles are going to make a difference to trained soldiers armed with laser guided missiles, night vision GPS heads up display range finding infrared radar depleted uranium etc, etc equipment? I'm going to use all the ammo I have when the day comes but I have illusions about the outcome. Freedom will die along with all of us that know the way it really should be. - Mark Roberts

DDW knows... An armed society really IS a polite society.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:11 +0100

Violent crime would be as rare as the repeal of unconstitutional legislation if every potential victim were able to effectively defend themselves. Also, tax dollars would support more important endeavors than the profits of corporate prisons. Although less economically viable, a dead violent offender is really no offender at all. - AmericanFreeman

P.S. to AmericanFreeman

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:57:35 +0100

I forgot to mention that I see your point in my adding the words "law abiding". It creates a loophole not included or intended by out Founding Fathers. In the future I will omit those two words. Thanks for educating me. - DDW

And I still maintain

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:46:17 +0100

That the crime problem would disappear in a very, very short period of time were more citizens armed and able to defend themselves. And yes, AmericanFreeman, I do see your point and, again, I agree with you completely. - DDW

My point, DDW

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:53:14 +0100

Is that every human being who draws breath has the right to keep and bear arms. Whether they "abide laws" or not. When our Creator blessed His kind with life, He charged us with the duty to preserve it, by force if necessary. Just like our Founding Fathers intended when they carefully considered and proclaimed the right (not privilege) "shall not be infringed." It was this way up until NAZI gun legislation was Americanized and imposed upon our country in the form of the GCA 1968. - AmericanFreeman

I agree

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:22:21 +0100

I agree completely with the part about guns using more funds to care for gun violence. The solution... Teach these guys that want to use guns for self defense NOT TO WOUND BUT TO KILL THEIR ASSAILANT!! Center mass, and, if need be, a head shot. No medical treatment, just send the meat wagon, with a one way ticket straight to the grave. I mean, c'mon, how hard is it for everyone to understand? it has been stated over and over again so many times it should be like scripture. More laws do nothing at all except harm the innocent. Nobody gets that because they do not care for anyones personal well-being, just the money that elitists and special intrest groups put in their campaign funds. - nutjob

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! ...or....slight-of-hand a la The Wizard of Oz

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:18:11 +0100

Oh my guns must be bad!! (cries the 'good doctor'). Oddly enough, if you examine the facts closely, you will find that bad medicine, bad hospitals, and mostly BAD DOCTORS kill many more innocent persons in this country than guns do. And that is a verifiable fact. - RodneyH

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:05:47 +0100

As Joe Mccarthy said about one of the Senators that was raving about Joes atempt to identify communists in USA government " Somepne should get a net and take some place where it is quite." Does anyone remember who JOE was??????Look it and you will be surprised at what was in the Whitehouse working President.Like ewise the anti-gunners!!!!!! - Buster

gun control

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:03:30 +0100

Reasonable gun control> Isn't that "A" placing the second bullet in the hole of the first. Or is it "B" using both hands, I can't remember maybe it's A&B. As for government interpitation of gun control,the only control they want is control of our lives. Only a fool beleives other wise. And so far theyr'e succeding little by little,step by step inch by inch. WAKE up AMERICA 2010> - ron2112

Never Surrender and Never Appease

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:36:16 +0100

It can be assured that those who fear arms in the hands of the people will use any form of lies or manufactured illusions to cover their desire to disarm the populace and so they should never be compromised with whatever their stated reason for some form of government interference with the Natural Right to keep, bear, and use arms to protect oneself and one's family, home, or local community. "Is There A 'Reasonable' Gun Control Law?" http://olgreyghost.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-there-reasonable-gun-control-law.html - Ol' Grey Ghost

On Elitist Intellectuals

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:02:30 +0100

I do appreciate your observations, Brian:

The pied pipers of Intellectual-dom are leading people to their own destruction. I don't know what's worse, that they truly believe their delusions, or that there are so many sheep out there ready and willing to be led to their own destruction.

I offer the term pseudo-intellectual for use here. Like many other areas of our society, American universities have been overrun by the opportunists who seek self-aggrandizement in the academic sphere. I find that the independent thought is most commonly seen at the vke, ag and tech colleges - because of their general mandates to really teach people how to really do things. No matter the theory, date palms won't grow in Wisconsin.

- The Brachiating Troglodyte

Excellent article on confounding, Karen!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:32 +0100

As a physician familiar with scientific research, I am delighted to see your common-sense understanding of a principle which defies the understanding of many research scientists - confounding. "Confounding" is the association of two separate variables, and assuming a causal relationship between them, when they may both derive from an outside, unidentified cause. ("Chance" is when they are selected and coincidentally seem to be related.) The Overcoat Problem is the canonical example of confounding. -worldwide, in July through September, in Ottawa, Minneapolis and Moscow, there is a HUGE uptick in overcoat sales. These are the months when most overcoats are sold. However, the median temperatures are in the 60's-80's (F). Several months later, the temperature drops. This phenomenon is seen in other cities, to a VERY diminished degree - Los Angeles, Dallas and Miami have VERY SIMILAR temperatures during the months of July through September, but FEWER overcoats are sold. The anthropological record shows that humans wore FAR FEWER furs during periods of relative global warmth, even in northern climates - and FAR MORE even in southern climates during global cooling. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING? Simple. Please everyone buy overcoats. Even in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and Phoenix. This will bring the temperatures down. We will pass a legislative mandate for overcoat purchases, with fines and penalties, and PRESTO! Global Warming FIXED! (Those who are also rather astute will realize that the correlation of "anthropogenic greenhouse gas" production and "global temperature increase" is merely a greener version of the Overcoat Hypothesis.) Shazzam! This sciency stuff is SIMPLE!! - The Brachiating Troglodyte

Elitist Intellectuals

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:28:53 +0100

It's the same in every age, every epoch of human history. An elitist Intellectual class presumes the right to dictate how all the rest of the people shall live their lives. It's a metastasizing cancer upon the body politic that we can witness daily. In every field of human endeavor there is, and always will be, groups who through their educational attainment, their station in life, or their position in the established hierarchy, truly believe they are building a better world. If only the masses would listen to them, then Nirvana will finally arrive. They can never be wrong, and if their ideas prove unworkable among the general population then the fault is certainly not with their worldview. No, the fault lies with some 'other' that has foiled their perfect plan, preventing the establishment of heaven on earth, wrought by human hands - theirs. History is replete with examples. Hitler believed it, Stalin, Mao, Pol-Pot, Idi Amin - all of them megalomaniacs who believed theirs was "the way", "the truth" and "the life". These intellectual elitists are an outward manifestation of Frederick Bastiat's observation about those who seek to live off the fruits of the labor of others - the political means, vs. the economic means - as he wrote so eloquently in the mid 19th Century. As a species we humans are doomed because we never learn. The pied pipers of Intellectual-dom are leading people to their own destruction. I don't know what's worse, that they truly believe their delusions, or that there are so many sheep out there ready and willing to be led to their own destruction. - BrianTinNY

Dear American Freeman

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:18:16 +0100

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I was raised in a gun oriented family. My father and grandfather (both gone now) were both licensed gunsmiths. My point is that, the way things are going, only criminals, thugs and government agents will have weapons and it seems to me that criminals, thugs and government agents these days are all the same thing. I didn't mention American Patriots as I do not consider them criminals or thugs in any way, shape or form. Law abiding gun owning Patriots are most likely the ONLY thing keeping a rogue government at bay right now, just as our Founding Fathers said. - DDW

"I would never invade the United States. There would be a gun behind every blade of grass. ...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:47:56 +0100

Once H.R. 45, Obama's National Gun Registry and Citizen Disarmament Act is passed, it'll only be a few short steps to total disarmament of the population (except Obama's 1 million plus "civilian force". Can you say Brown Shirts?). But the analogies appear less and less like Nazi Germany but rather more and more like Stalinist Russia. Of course, the average person doesn't understand the much larger scale horrors Stalin implemented over Hitler because Joseph succeeded where Adolph ultimately failed. Stalin killed an estimated 20-30 million, perhaps more, it's hard to tell really because he then had history rewritten and censored so many of the purged never officially existed. Now don't you feel safe with BO appointing so many Czars? Oh, btw, oppose H.R. 45, Obama's National Gun Registry and Citizen Disarmament Act, maybe there are enough free-minded citizens left to stop the next portion of history from being rewritten at some future date. You're a real cutie, Karen. ;^) - ArnePaul

DDW, Your forgot to mention freedom loving patriotic Americans in your list.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:54 +0100

Only a slave would let some unconstitutional statute decide his fate. Your right to keep and bear arms is not subject to law or opinion. Don't let anyone tell you to disarm for any reason because if you do, you will get what you deserve. - AmericanFreeman

I repeat yet again

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:56:28 +0100

Soon, only criminals, thugs and government agents (all the aforementioned being the same) will have weapons. I repeat yet again, if the government, at all levels, was truly interested in the well being of the private citizens, there would be government sponsored classes teaching people how to use and maintain weapons. But that's NOT going to happen as their only apparent interest is to enslave us. ANY government that fears armed citizens is a government that needs to be closely watched every single minute of every single day. - DDW

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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:19:40 +0100

"... people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those who were not in possession of a gun ..." If you mean that people who rob liquor stores with guns are more likely to be shot by the proprietors than people who rob liquor stores without guns, I guess it makes sense. The fact is, an armed citizenry REDUCES crime. The argument posed in this article is nonsensical. The presence of many liquor stores is responsible for more gun violence, therefore guns should be outlawed. This makes as much sense as: The presence of many highways is responsible for more automobile accidents, therefore automobiles should be outlawed. - RP