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That was an awesome strory until the end. dammit.
Many of us took an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic".
Yeah, quite depressing! I would just snip out the whole last part and that would make for a truly moving piece.
The thing is, the end is undoubtedly very necessary to illustrate that the problem is multi-pronged. The "war" to preserve freedom is as much a cultural one as it is a physical one, of sorts.
EG, having guns stowed away is great, but if society has deteriorated to the point where it demonizes nearly everyone who even talks about one, to the point where someone would turn in one of their own relatives, then it's all for nothing. I think it also illustrates that acting sooner is a lot easier than acting later, as time goes on the brainwashing from the statist authoritarians will be more deeply rooted.
That's the worst danger- that any act of resistance, whether violent or not, would not be met by an outpouring of support by enough people to matter. For example, many people would view Patricia Konie as a victim
of government bullying- but if the same thing happens 50 years from now, the public might see someone like her as a "crazy old lady with a EEEEVIL gun" who must be shackled and imprisoned- because the powers that be have succeeded into making a gun owner being morally equivalent to a crack peddler or child molester, to be burned at the stake if discovered. [sad2]
-Mike
This gun grabbing starts in the schools and ends up in the statehouse! Take a look at the direction educational institutions are going in right now. A minority of people having the influence and trust of the majority.
+1
If you can find them, you can have them.
To each of you who replied that you intend to "shoot it out" if necessary, I wonder how you see the scenario unfolding?
Before we go further, I want to make it clear that I agree completely with the notion that resistance is incumbent upon us as Americans. We have a duty to stand up to the government that would strip us of our arms.
That said, I ask you to follow the thought through. Who do you imagine will arrive that fateful day? Will it be the local police, or the National Guard? In other words, will it be our friends and neighbors? Or, will it be the Feds or even the military?
Further, are we going to shoot it out with fellow Americans? The neighbor's kid that finally made the local force, or an 18 year old guardsman, trying to pay his way through college? Are we going to shoot these people? Will they shoot us? Do we accept that to resist requires shooting and to shoot will lead to (your) death? This means that when the doorbell "rings" you need to fetch your already-loaded weapons and say goodbye to your family because you can't possibly believe that, after a protracted gun battle, "they" will just go away...
It's a lot to consider. It's fundamentally loose-loose.
My only point is that the highest ROI (return on investment) in violent resistance, may not come on "day one" with the grabber's at your front door, but may in fact, be achieved on a later day when you've had time to prepare in the myriad ways necessary.
I have no answers. I make no promises. I'm just sort of wondering what other people think when (if) they think this through to its logical conclusion. Hyperbole aside, friends.
To each of you who replied that you intend to "shoot-it-out" if necessary, I wonder how you see the scenario unfolding?
Before we go further, I want to make it clear that I agree completely with the notion that resistance is incumbent upon us as Americans. We have a duty to stand up to the government that would strip us of our arms.
That said, I ask you to follow the thought through. Who do you imagine will arrive that fateful day? Will it be the local police, or the National Guard? In other words, will it be our friends and neighbors? Or, will it be the Feds or even the Military (our standing forces)
Further, are we going to shoot it out with fellow Americans? Billy, the neighbor's kid, now a rookie cop, or an 18 year old guardsman, trying to pay his way through college? Are we going to shoot these people? Will they shoot us? Do we accept that to resist that day will require shooting, and shooting will lead to (your) death? This means that when the doorbell "rings" you need to fetch your already-loaded weapons and say goodbye to your family because you can't possibly believe that, after a protracted gun battle, "they" will just go away...
It's a lot to consider. It's fundamentally loose-loose.
My only point is that the highest ROI (return on investment) in violent resistance, may not come on "day-one" with the grabber's at your front door, but may in fact, be achieved on a later day, when you've had time to prepare in the myriad ways necessary.
I have no answers. I make no promises. I simply wonder what others think when (if) they think this through to its logical conclusion. Hyperbole aside, friends.
I would say that anyone who truly values his freedom will "shoot it out" with whomever is trampling on his/her rights. Too bad for the neighbor's rookie cop son or 18 yr old guardsman. IF they CHOOSE to follow illegal/unconstitutional orders just to "pay their way through college" then, well...f*** THEM. My rights are more important than your financial security or higher ed aspirations...
My friends and neighbors stop being my friends and neighbors when they act to enforce illegal and oppressive laws on behalf of the corrupt .gov.
So who are the sheep in our midst that answered thus:
Bend over and take it like the good little citizen I am... 1 1.10%
Forfeit my rights, and use political avenues to try and get them back... 2 2.20%
To each of you who replied that you intend to "shoot-it-out" if necessary, I wonder how you see the scenario unfolding?
Before we go further, I want to make it clear that I agree completely with the notion that resistance is incumbent upon us as Americans. We have a duty to stand up to the government that would strip us of our arms.
That said, I ask you to follow the thought through. Who do you imagine will arrive that fateful day? Will it be the local police, or the National Guard? In other words, will it be our friends and neighbors? Or, will it be the Feds or even the Military (our standing forces)
Further, are we going to shoot it out with fellow Americans? Billy, the neighbor's kid, now a rookie cop, or an 18 year old guardsman, trying to pay his way through college? Are we going to shoot these people? Will they shoot us? Do we accept that to resist that day will require shooting, and shooting will lead to (your) death? This means that when the doorbell "rings" you need to fetch your already-loaded weapons and say goodbye to your family because you can't possibly believe that, after a protracted gun battle, "they" will just go away...
It's a lot to consider. It's fundamentally loose-loose.
My only point is that the highest ROI (return on investment) in violent resistance, may not come on "day-one" with the grabber's at your front door, but may in fact, be achieved on a later day, when you've had time to prepare in the myriad ways necessary.
I have no answers. I make no promises. I simply wonder what others think when (if) they think this through to its logical conclusion. Hyperbole aside, friends.
If then, for the sake of discussion, we assume that we're prepared to shoot it out with anyone who comes to collect our firearms, do we accept that our part in the story will end that day, since a fire-fight will eventually result our death?
The house will be surrounded. "They" will have access to assault toys, food, water, power and ammo, all of which will be limited, or curtailed for you, eventually. So, in the end, you'll take a few careless ones with you, but they will prevail that day.
No.
If armed resistance is the only solution, I will choose the time and place for my battle. I will distribute firearms to my associates and I will make a big noise on the way out. I will not be a pre-sports, news-blip for the Fox 6:00 news so some bubble-headed news twit can say, "My gosh, that's quite a story, back to you Chip!"
Or it will echo throughout the gun-owning Americans that this is the price for freedom. Possibly it will re-educate American's on what it means to be American. People may grow bolder, and more willing to challenge.
Or, like you said you will be portrayed as a crazed gunman who had a shootout w/ police. Either way, the message would be pretty clear, alive or dead!
Doubt it. No one rallied behind Carl Drega..
Likely outcome...
If your wondering how it will go down, look at how it went down in New Orleans.