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Cinrad
CaticusMaximus
Emerys
I'd love to see them come to Texas and strip us our weapons. We have 1.5 million registered hunters. BRING IT!!!!
What exactly is the significance of the number of registered hunters in a state vs a militarized police force with modern armor, as in APCs and such?
Seriously... assuming even 10% (which I think is very high) of that figure did more than just gripe, how many are trained for combat situations in a scenario of being incredibly outgunned and outmanned? And how many of them have formed cohesive groups of fighters who can interact with each other while battling to the death perhaps the most modern and sophisticated police force on the planet?
I guess the most concise way to ask all of that is:
How many of those 1.5m are Rambo manifest in the flesh?
Unfortunately, Im guessing 0.
Gun confiscation indeed would be a bloodbath... but there wouldnt be much cop blood spilled.
Also, what are your anti-air capabilities like? You know, for drones with missiles and all (perhaps a gunship or two for dramatic effect) for any who might hole up somewhere moderately defensible....
And you wouldnt "love" it. This isnt Battlefield or CoD.
If you want to die on principle, I respect and support that 100%.
But dont think when you make that stand, youll be coming out alive; you wont. And be prepared to accept not even getting the chance to fire a single shot before being killed yourself, as that will be a distinct possibility. Better to accept that now than to be really, really disappointed and shocked in your inevitable final moments of this life.
edit on 10/23/2013 by CaticusMaximus because: (no reason given)
Ditto.
This is the hard cold truth. I have been trying to tell people that arming yourself is not the answer, no matter how much hardware you have you will always be outgunned and outnumbered when you try to take on the government. The answer lies in community, becoming part of a caring, prepared community that you can trust. The government will for many years still try to seem tolerant, it will try to win you over with incentives. You don't have to die at this time, the time for martyrdom will come later, who knows how long that will be? Could be a decade, could be a generation or two. At this point you should become part of a community who have decided to say NO to being owned by the government but still be law abiding.
GoldenBrain71
reply to post by kingofyo1
Thanks for the honest answer. I agree with what you say and suspect you'll be in good company. I'm not anti-patriotic or anti-oath or anything like that. I was mainly just picking at what I think is contradictory wording in our own constitution. Another poster said it correctly when they stated (and I'll paraphrase) they thought the govt stands by the constitution when it suits them and dumps it in the trash when it doesn't.
I should take a moment to explain something about me. My username describes the way my brain works. For those who don't know, "goldenbrain" is a term for a person who uses both hemispheres of their brain equally which is what I do. I'm ambidextrous from brain to feet. It's in my nature to play devils advocate which is what I'm doing in this thread.
Positive
reply to post by Klassified
Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't this already happend? I thought it is nearly impossible to get any large quantities of ammo.
Positive
reply to post by Klassified
Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't this already happend? I thought it is nearly impossible to get any large quantities of ammo.
GoldenBrain71
I'll take my referral bonus in cash please.
mactheaxe
reply to post by CB328
You need to listen up. I am a veteran. I am a patriot. I am not a right wing nut. People like you piss me off. We were founded on our God, and did so with our guns and patriotism. If you don't like what I faught to protect, the GET THE F OUT. Maybe Mexico will take you. I am a right wing nut when it comes to ignorance.
sageturkey
GoldenBrain71
I'll take my referral bonus in cash please.
I'd be asking for Silver coin myself
In 1964 you could buy a gallon of gas with a Quarter. Back in the day when that Quarter was made of Silver... Today, you could still buy a gallon of gas with that same Silver Quarter...
Daily Pauledit on 24-10-2013 by sageturkey because: Correction
mazeofSiriusC
reply to post by Emerys
yeah.....but not with tanks missiles battleships and aircraft.........scary.