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Originally posted by WeBDeviL
Let's defend our rights to bearing arms!
Sure, this thread will get flamed by "pacifists" who don't believe in that sort of thing, however, I urge you to think about this:
Without the will to defend ourselves - we'd be speaking German right now, if you know what I mean
Without the will to defend ourselves - we'd be bullet magnets' for Al-Qaida.
Without the will to defend ourselves...well, you know the drill.
Yesterday, a belligerent neighbor threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't go back into my apartment, so I grabbed my pistol, racked the slide and admonished him to reconsider. Someone called the police and when they arrived, they knocked on my door, guns drawn, ordered me outside, frisked me, ordered me to sit on the ground while they searched my apartment. They also informed me that I had committed a felony. They did not arrest me because no one lodged a complaint, but they did confiscate my pistol for three months. I have others, so it won't be much of an inconvenience.
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Lets make a couple things perfectly clear. The US could ban guns altogether and criminals would still be as well armed as ever. There are so many gun laws on the books that we dont need anymore. I dont think Ted will get 10million members in a year. Close at the most but not 10 million. Americans are constantly shooting thmeselves because so many of us have rediculous firepower and dont have clue how to use it. If you buy a gun(s) you should have to take a state safety course and not be allowed to have a gun until you pass it. Thats sane gun control. Americans, especially in the south, have access to nearly anything we want. Especially now that the useless assault weapons ban has ended. I have a pistol and a rifle thats it. If I had the money Id collect.Text
I can mail order AKs, M-16s, 1911s, M1s, HKs, Uzis, Mac10-11s, Tec-9s, .50 cal Barretts, M-60s, M-249 SAW, FN2000s etc. Now the new breed of new calibers is coming such as the Barrett M468 in 6.8mm Remington and Robinson Arms XCR(exchangable caliber)available in 5.56, 6.8mm and soon to come 7.62 NATO. I personally want the outstanding Barrett M468. I feel as an American I should be able too. It IS in the constitution. The American gun scene needs a non profit gun group to sanely enforce sane gun laws...very very badly. Not the nutty NRA and uncle Ted. I like Nugent dont get me wrong but man he really seems to be losing it. He pulled a gun on someone who wasnt threatening him life or limb? You pull a gun on someone its a last resort not a political demonstration. I dont know what the gun laws are in New Mexico but if hed tried that in Virginia hed be in a nut hut untill he at least calmed down.Text
As an end note the XM8 better be as good as Im hearing cause adopting the Barrett M468 makes a lot more sense and itd be cheaper since all wed be doing is changing the upper receivers on our existing M-16s. Itd cost a lot less and wed retain weapon familiararity. It takes care of alot of the M-16s inherent problems too. The new 6.8 and 6.5 rounds surpass the AK. We better adopt either or both cause unless your a really good shot the 5.56 just doesnt do it.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Yesterday, a belligerent neighbor threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't go back into my apartment, so I grabbed my pistol, racked the slide and admonished him to reconsider. Someone called the police and when they arrived, they knocked on my door, guns drawn, ordered me outside, frisked me, ordered me to sit on the ground while they searched my apartment. They also informed me that I had committed a felony. They did not arrest me because no one lodged a complaint, but they did confiscate my pistol for three months. I have others, so it won't be much of an inconvenience.
It's too soon for me to know under what authority my firearm was confiscated or whether or not producing a firearm when physically threatened constitutes a felony in the State of New Mexico, but these are exactly the kinds of laws and police attitudes that threaten our ability to provide for our own protection. The police said that when this thug threatened me with bodily harm if I did not go back into my apartment, I should have done as told and called the police. I'd rather die!
I am a Benefactor Member of the National Rifle Association.
[edit on 05/4/17 by GradyPhilpott]
OXmanK wrote:
Grady,
You are a wimp. You'd rather draw a gun than knock someone's block off...you are the problem with "responsible" gun ownership. Haven't you ever heard, "Don't draw a gun unless you are going to use it"? You are a punk and a thug.
I am all for gun ownership. Trust me, I am as big of a gun nut as the next person and I think you did something wrong with your gun. But you bring a disservice to those who own guns responsibly and don't draw them whenever they simply feel "threatened". Did you believe this guy was going to kill you or were you afraid of a good-ole fashioned passionate ass whoopin'? I tend to think the latter because you did not say that you were threatened with your life. You not only abused whatever rights you think you have but you have made yourself look like an idiot and a wimp.
And if you can't fight, either:
A: Take martial arts classes...they work and they teach discipline. (Which sounds lacking in the above story.)
or
B: Be more active in bar fights...that'll teach you how to protect yourself against a buttload of people and how to use your surroundings.
Anywho, I think you need to change your attitudes before you end up in a world of trouble or a casket.
And to the actual topic, who would actually listen to a guy who thought "Stranglehold" was a good idea?
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Nugent avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. In an interview for the Detroit Free Press July 15, 1990, Nugent described How he avoided the Draft: He claims that 30 days before his Draft Board Physical, he stopped all forms of personal hygiene. The last ten days he ingested nothing but junk food and Pepsi, and a week before his physical he stopped using the bathroom altogether, virtually living inside pants caked with excrement and stained by his urine. That spectacle won Nugent a deferment, he says. His quote: “ but if I would have gone over there, I’d have been killed, or I’d have killed, , or I’d have killed all the Hippies in the foxholes… I would have killed everybody.”