Posted on 08/04/2015 5:57:34 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
An online magazine has made a terrific case in favor of the right to bear arms. Was it an NRA publication? Nope. Perhaps one of the conservative magazines such as National Review or American Spectator? Nope. The magazine was actually Slate. Slate? Yes, liberal Slate magazine has published an article making one of the strongest cases in favor of the right of citizens to bear arms that I have seen in a long time.
The strong defense of the Second Amendment came in a speculative Slate article about what would have happened if Germany had attempted to invade the United States during World War II. Author John Mixon correctly pointed out that this would have been an incredibly bad idea. Among the reasons he listed were the fact that Germany had no forward bases in North America from which to launch such an invasion. Also the German supply lines would have been ridiculously long and could easily be cut off. On top of that, the Wehrmacht was already tied down battling on the Eastern Front. However, the final reason that Mixon gives for why such an attempted German invasion would have failed miserably is one that is sure to upset liberals in a big way:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
“You can not invade America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” Attributed to Admiral Yamamoto.
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The liberals know this full well, and know that if relates to Marxists as much as Germans. That’s why they are desperate to take our guns away.
Many years ago I did some support/counceling for prisoners. At a site occupied mostly with manslaughter & other violent crime inmates I commented on the apparent lack of security (compared to other places I'd been). One of the guys walked me out near the gate (honest), pointed toward a small clump of houses and said...
"Behind every one of those doors is a red neck with a shotgun".
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
It seems that suicide is what we are doing now. In Lincoln's time the sectional differences were the threat. Today, it really is takers vs payers.
The size and topography of the U.S. would be a tremendous obstacle to overcome. Germany simply didn't have the manpower or resources for the task. If Hitler had committed the millions of German soldiers, sailors, and airmen not already dead or crippled to an invasion of the U.S., he would have little left to defend against the American invasion of Europe that would be sure to come.
In the end, Hitler's outstretched armies would be cut off and annihilated. Even without Britain or the Russkies, the rest of the Allies would have too much men and materiel.
Yes, patriotism requires us to be armed.
It would not be wise to attack this “Nation of Snipers”.
NRA should give Slate such an award and publicize it a lot. It would embarrass Slate and get them a lot of carping from their readership.
“The Man in the High Castle” is a very good book, though.
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