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KEEP CALM AND RETURN FIRE
boblonsberry.com ^ | 11/16/15 | Bob Lonsberry

Posted on 11/16/2015 5:55:48 AM PST by shortstop

What are you going to do?

When ISIS brings its gutter religion to you, and wants to sacrifice you as an offering to its god of hate, what are you going to do?

Do you run and die or stand and fight?

It’s come to that.

Though the president incredibly last week declared the Islamic State “contained,” it is anything but. Over the last fortnight it has slaughtered a planeload of innocent Russians, blown up scores in a Lebanese market, and dealt a staggering blow to the capital of France.

And you know who’s next.

They hate everybody, but they hate us just a little bit more. And as soon as they can launch an operation in America, they will.

As often and as ruthlessly as they can.

And you can’t expect the government to protect you.

It’s the government – in the guise of the president – that almost godfathered this bunch into existence. It was Obama decisions in Iraq and Syria that cleared a space and gave a haven to the birth of the Islamic State. And while others wanted to smash it aborning, Obama assured the world ISIS was an insignificant “junior varsity” that meant nothing.

We can’t even agree on what it’s called.

And the president and his party refuse to say what it’s about. A day after the butchery against Parisians, the Democratic candidates for president – including one who helped shape Obama’s disastrous foreign policy – refused even to say the words “militant Islam.”

Somehow the party that created this mess and is most likely to keep the White House is more concerned with kissing politically correct arse than it is with calling a spade a spade.

Or protecting America.

So you get no help from the government.

And the good people in law enforcement aren’t going to be standing beside you when the balloon goes up. The French gendarmerie came running on the double quick, and still scores died.

So I ask again: What are you going to do?

Run and die or stand and fight?

I’d recommend stand and fight.

I’d recommend a little courage and the Second Amendment as your terrorism-defense plan.

Where you legally can, carry a gun. In too many parts of America, Democrat policies make it illegal to carry a concealed firearm – make it illegal to defend yourself. But where you can carry, do.

That won’t be for everyone. But it will be for some. And that some might be enough.

Maybe enough to save your spouse or children, or the innocent people around you. Maybe enough to buy time for others to escape to safety or law enforcement to come like the cavalry over the hill.

You might still die.

But you won’t die easy and you won’t die alone.

To quote the t-shirt: Keep Calm and Return Fire.

Because the last thing any attacker wants or expects is a counterattack. When the bad guy pops up and starts shouting his Arabic slogans, that’s when you want to be taking up a sight picture. Let the second shot be yours.

And be prepared to fire it effectively.

Make basic marksmanship a part of your life. Make the accurate use of your firearm a personal and ongoing goal. Invest the time and ammunition to be competent. Start with center mass, and advance to center face.

And where you can legally do so, always have arms and ammunition at hand. Be part of the invisible army that the Founders called the militia. Look like one more mom or dad, but be the protector of your family and your country that you were born to be.

Because the government isn’t going to protect you.

Yes, law enforcement and intelligence agencies are working around the clock, and are catching many. But there is a softness at the top, and it’s uncertain if an election is going to change that. At the end of the day, calling 9-1-1 doesn’t quite cut it. When seconds count, the SWAT team is only a half an hour away.

Somebody’s got to buy time until the police can respond.

And that somebody is you.

Man, woman. Old, young. White, black. Gay, straight. It doesn’t really matter who you are, it matters what’s inside you. It matters that you have courage, that honorable trait that enables action in the face of fear.

Such courage is the heritage of every American of every background.

And these days require it.

Russians, Jordanians, Parisians.

You know who they want next.

What are you doing to do about it?


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KEYWORDS: banglist; isis; islam; paris
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1 posted on 11/16/2015 5:55:48 AM PST by shortstop
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To: shortstop

Every American should take these words to heart because its premise is spot on. We Americans are on our own in this war. Our Muslim sympathizing President has already proved the words he wrote so many years ago in his book. He’s standing with the Muslims. That hamstrings our military and law enforcement. Not only is our President standing with the enemy; he is facilitating their victory by placing them at strategic points all over this nation.

It’s a time when each one of us will have to choose, just like our forefathers did. Live free or die? Even if I have to die, I choose to do it as a free person. As the author says, taking as many of the Muslim scum as I can before I do might mean life and freedom for someone else. Times like these have come before. We shouldn’t be overly surprised that it has come to America; again.


2 posted on 11/16/2015 6:08:41 AM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: shortstop

moslem cells have been bringing in MANPADS and stashing them around the US for at least 14 years. The Department of Homeland Security was in south Texas not too long after it was formed in 2002. Why? They were meeting with local law at law enforcement conferences where they had displays of MANPAD components. They were showing them what the various parts looked like so they could identify them if they saw them on a traffic stop, etc.

The situation with the moslems is not going to improve until we are much more barbaric than they are.


3 posted on 11/16/2015 6:13:33 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Say what you will about The Donald, but he has all the right enemies.)
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To: shortstop

Arm yourselves, my fellow “infidels”.

Even if it’s a .25 auto in your pocket. When jihadi screams “Allahu Akbar!!”, you may be in the periphery, in position to fire a FMJ pill into the base of his skull.


4 posted on 11/16/2015 6:13:37 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: shortstop
"the president incredibly last week declared the Islamic State “contained"


5 posted on 11/16/2015 6:15:08 AM PST by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: shortstop
And you can't expect the government to protect you.

Neither can you expect to hear the truth from the media or our "leaders" in DC, as that might redound negatively to King Obozo.

6 posted on 11/16/2015 6:15:14 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: shortstop

“KEEP CALM AND RETURN FIRE”

That is the only way to protect the ones you love!!!

Please don’t shoot me, just does not work.


7 posted on 11/16/2015 6:15:59 AM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: shortstop
The average American needs to learn the difference between a middle eastern young males and a central American young males. There are subtle differences. Also a Mexican/Spanish accent is a dead give away that you can "stand down". When you are around confirmed young Muslims males in public you should have a heightened sense of situational awareness regardless of your CCW status.

Just as pilots/gunners in WWII studied aircraft recognition photos for hours during off duty you need to learn the differences in racial features. This is not racism; it is survival.

8 posted on 11/16/2015 6:17:15 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: shortstop
obama and his team are guilty of knowingly aiding and abetting isis.

You can't expect any hep from the government.

Don't expect any help from the military as most of their senior officers are just as bad as obama and his team.

Don't expect any help from your local government. We saw how helpful they were in Ferguson and Baltimore.

We are all on our own, and that's how it should be. The American people have always had more brains and brass than their government!

9 posted on 11/16/2015 6:22:36 AM PST by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: shortstop

Obama’s muslim JV Squad.

Another reason why he wants to disarm America’s patriots.


10 posted on 11/16/2015 6:23:47 AM PST by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: central_va
The average American needs to learn the difference between a middle eastern young males and a central American young males. There are subtle differences. Also a Mexican/Spanish accent is a dead give away that you can "stand down".

The 'advice' above will get you killed. Groups of latino youth are just as vicious as groups of black or arab males. Recall Derbyshire's rule 10, which can be applied to latinos and arabs as well.
11 posted on 11/16/2015 6:35:06 AM PST by farming pharmer
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To: EXCH54FE

Too dangerous to attempt to protect yourself.
“Cower in Place”
Its the latest rage!


12 posted on 11/16/2015 6:35:13 AM PST by Fred911 (YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
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To: Fred911

In other words, die in place.


13 posted on 11/16/2015 6:37:43 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: akalinin

Ok what I should have said if you can confirm CA then most likely the threat is criminal in nature, if confirmed ME then the threat is most like terrorist in nature. Situational awareness


14 posted on 11/16/2015 6:39:04 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: shortstop


15 posted on 11/16/2015 6:40:12 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Iron Munro

Disarm,,,

I kinda don’t think so,


16 posted on 11/16/2015 6:42:47 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: central_va
Ok what I should have said if you can confirm CA then most likely the threat is criminal in nature, if confirmed ME then the threat is most like terrorist in nature. Situational awareness

I agree.
17 posted on 11/16/2015 6:44:26 AM PST by farming pharmer
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To: Arm_Bears

Until these two important groups become direct targets of the islamists, nothing will change.


18 posted on 11/16/2015 6:47:31 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: shortstop

I’ve got my great-great grandfather’s old Smith & Wesson.
He carried it in his job as a lightkeeper on the Tenn.
River. There were some tough customers on the river -
including him! - Daddy was Army Infantry during WWII in
N. Africa, Italy & Germany. He said they came out of basic
ready to charge hell with a bucket of water.


19 posted on 11/16/2015 7:01:57 AM PST by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Twinkie

The military as NOT been released/allowed to fight the war against terrorism as the military. If they were..it’s be over.


20 posted on 11/16/2015 7:10:25 AM PST by Paul46360
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