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Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
I don't see anything in the 2nd that encourages people to sit on their front porch with their weapons and act like they are John Rambo preparing to go righting the world's wrongs.
It's right next to the part that says you can't have 30 round clips or AR15's.
Is that just before the bit where it says you can't have surface-to-air missile launchers and accompanying shells?
However responsible you and your buds are with your weaponry, would you really want some of your less-emlightened hillbilly cousins having the right to buy such weapons?
Freedom comes with inherent risks.
You can't have one without the other.
Originally posted by Obsrvr
reply to post by YapTalk
Take it easy.
You've made good points. I, for one, agree with your views up to a point. I don't think violent offenders should be allowed weapons.
Originally posted by Sandalphon
Worst case scenario, law enforcement will go after the humans with records, not the weapons. I keep having this nightmare of a prison guard going postal and attacking prisoners in their cells. That's what would happen in a war crisis when nobody's looking after civil rights, even if the people happen to be institutionalized.
I think before crossbows they will go after machetes. Big long knives are a traditional killing device in multiple cultures on several continents. They are not too easy to hide in a pocket or under a blazer. They are used in genocides and jihads in deserts, and guerrilla warfare through rain forests. They are multipurpose, meaning you can slaughter your dinner in a religiously hygienic manner with one, if you aren't into hurting people. And they look scary, which is probably the only reason why they are likely to be confronted or confiscated in western society.
Sorry you looked scary. You probably reminded your neighbors of a "bad guy" in the movies, which is probably the closest they will get to actual violence in real life in the USA, hopefully.
I just hope they never come after the spud guns.edit on 13-1-2013 by Sandalphon because: removed the video
Originally posted by HomerinNC
So I'm sitting outside on this beautiful day (in the 70s here in NC), and doing general maintainence on my bow and crossbow, ie tightening bolts, waxing strings, when 3 cop cars pull up in front of my house. I sitting in my chair, smoking a cigarette, hands nowhere my stuff, the cops exit their cars, weapons drawn, yelling for me to get on the floor. I immediately comply and they secure my bow and crossbow. First they tell me I can't have them because I am a felon. Wrong!! I am legally allowed to posess these, ad demanded a supervisor to come. H came and said I was right. Then they told me they hada complaint from a neighborI was sitting out here with them and they were scared.
Good god people WTF!!! What if I came outside with a butter knife, would they come back?
This is getting stupid, real FRIKKIN stupid.
The end of this story is they gave me my stuff back and told me to do my maintainence in the house
Screw that, I enjoy being outside, and don't gie a good damn if these candy assed sheeple are scared of a damn crossbow.
Moral of the story is this: when they're done taking our guns, they will come after our bows and damn slingshots nextedit on 1/12/2013 by HomerinNC because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by HomerinNC
You know, that's my thinking EXACTLY!!!
TPTB will go after all the ones with records first and detain us/them, saying its for 'your safety', then the ones that have weapons 'for your safety', then the ones with mental disabilities 'for your safety', then the ones that oppose them 'in case they might harm someone that doesn't agree with them, then the drunk drivers, etc etc. What do you have left after all that?
Just the 1%edit on 1/13/2013 by HomerinNC because: (no reason given)
They really need to outlaw tobacco and alcohol too.
Originally posted by sweord
had nothing to do with your crossbow...they are making it illegal to be outdoors, for everyone's safety...
Originally posted by ResistTreason
Originally posted by HomerinNC
After guns they're coming after your bows and crossbows!!!,
And after that, they will be coming for your steak knives like in the UK...
Just watch the UK to see what they are planning to do here in America, IF we ALLOW them to do it!!!! We must NOT allow it ever!!
I cannot imagine how foolish folks in the UK must be to allow nearly every one of their freedoms be taken from them. Soon they will not be able to have butter knives or pencils yet they insult American freedoms. Perhaps they are just so bitterly jealous that Americans have freedom and arent as spineless as they are I suppose. They are the perfect example of what a FREE country and a FREE people is NOT.
edit on 12-1-2013 by ResistTreason because: (no reason given)