[nathanbedford]

1)Artillery & infantry beats survivalist hero fantasies. Every. Single. Time.

There is a regrettable tendency on these threads by those who are members of the NRA to oppose reform through Article V under the mistaken assumption that any tinkering with the Constitution brings grave risks to the right to bear arms. The arithmetic of the amendment process, especially the confirmation process which would require only 13 of 99 legislatures to oppose such an amendment, makes those fears baseless.

Worse, there are others who betray in their comments a perverse desire to drive the country into open armed resistance perhaps because they believe that it is inevitable or perhaps because they simply indulge fantasy.

As one who supports both the Second Amendment and the NRA, I nevertheless say that opposition to Article V based on these grounds is inimical to sound constitutionally-based conservatism and will in the end lead to the death to our American Republic and, ironically, the end of the Second Amendment all culminating in vain bloodshed.

I know you are not guilty of any of these sentiments and miscarriages of logic but I wish to bring this to your attention because you are prominent in the posting and reposting of the article, What Good Can a Handgun Do Against an Army.....?

Insofar as that piece makes it clear that one of the underpinnings of the Second Amendment is to intimidate the government into refraining from tyranny, I wholly support it. Insofar as that piece is distorted by fantasists to undermine an equally valid part of the Constitution, Article V, it is regrettable.

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For decades now many of us have prayed for a peaceful resolution to what are becoming increasingly irreconcilable differences. That being said, I return to Rush’s “Undeniable Truth” #5. “Ours is a world governed by the aggressive use of force.”. Corollary, no one volunteers to lose. I see prayers from our side that hope for an Artcle 5 attempt to force our out of control feral gummint back in it’s Constitutional cage. I doubt that libtards would abide the outcome. In other words, they ain’t gonna volunteer to lose. Especially after seeing how near they have come to realizing their goals with The Won. Soros, et. al. may think chaos favors their end result but the reality of their low numbers probably renders that outcome impossible without control of the feral gummint which they will not have for much longer. There are just too many variables all in play at once to get a grip on just what will happen. Normalcy bias in the massive volume of Lo Info bystanders buffers volatility quite a bit but an inflection point seems to be approaching. Somewhere, deep inside I hear a voice saying it has ever been thus but global calamities have and probably will continue to happen. Like you and I many are just trying to pay attention so that we can help and advise those dear to us and maybe avoid as much of the crap storm as possible. An article 5 convention sounds good but I doubt it will accomplish what we hope.