Posted on 11/26/2015 7:29:29 AM PST by rktman
During the November 25 airing of Fox News’ Special Report, French Ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud countered Donald Trump’s emphasis on the importance of an armed citizenry by claiming that armed citizens succeed in defending themselves “only in the movies.â€
Araud was specifically reacting to a tweet sent after the January 7 Charlie Hebdo attacks in which Trump wrote, “Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?†Talking Points Memo reported that Araud responded to the tweet by calling Trump a “vulture,†then deleted the tweet after attacking Trump.
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Sacrebleau!
Only in French movies, not in the USA(except gun free zones).
Americans use guns in self defense more than 2.5 million times a year, and kill more criminals than the police. In France...well I guess they watch movies.
He’s right, I am always armed at the movies
I take it it was a case of “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no tales.”
Do you shoot the bad guys on the screen? LOL!
Thanks. Guess I need to order one before they run out. :)
The French never seem to learn the lessons of self-defense. Through all the bloody tragedy of 13 Nov., they still think submissively waiting for your grisly demise is the best way.
One thing is certain, if you’re not armed you won’t be able to defend yourself. people with armed body guards should STFU.
Maybe monsieur panties in a wad assclown needs to read this one:
And a femme fatale at that.
After the great and destructive wars in which the French leader Napoleon swept the length of Europe and back, only to eventually be crushingly defeated, the French pretty much lost their appetite for combat. French mothers taught their sons to shun war and war-like play, in all forms and in all ways, much like the “zero-tolerance” policies in today’s public schools shame children for pointing their fingers and going “Bang! Bang!”, or biting off a Pop-Tart into the shape of a pistol and pointing it at other children.
When the Great War of 1914 came to be, the French were only interested in defense, not strategically cutting off the enemy and carrying the war to HIS doorstep. The great battles of the First World War were defensive in nature, fought mostly on French soil, with non-traditional forms of warfare, like poison gas and strafing from aircraft, came into being, both of which only much prolonged the war.
The French, in their own version of “Never again!”, disarmed themselves, and pacifism became the watchword. Civilians were never again to be engaged in war, that was left to the professionals, who, in typically French fashion, were underfunded and largely held in rather low regard, (Sound familiar?)
The French Foreign Legion was a particular extension of that policy of not involving “Metro” France in war. They were the professional soldiers who were to be kept at their distance. In fact, it was expressly forbidden for the French Foreign Legion to even enter the French homeland, and many of their members were not even French citizens. The Foreign Legion had the reputation of being one of the roughest, most fierce fighting forces in the world, with a brutal discipline that would have made the Spartans of Greece look judicious and reserved in comparison.
But those famed fighters of years ago have become almost one with the Spartans, forgotten, and their glory discarded on the trash heaps of history. The pacifism is so deeply ingrained in the current French culture, it is highly unlikely only one or two attacks by the bearded men with burning eyes will jar loose the basic instincts for self-preservation.
The hens in the coop are easily quieted after the fox departs, having made its kill.
Minds made up.
“I’ve never liked crowds and am acutely aware of how helpless they make an individual.”
I hear year. Never liked them myself. Part of that comes from the University Riots in the early 70’s. I gained considerable situational awareness there.
Looks like those folks in that “B” photo slept through the lesson on “Muzzle Awareness”.
I wonder if the weapons in that photo were included in the sale notice in LaMonde after the Americans and Brits drove the Nazis out of France?
“FOR SALE 25,000 MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS. NEVER FIRED. ONLY DROPPED ONCE! MAKE OFFER.
The Frogs DID help us during our Revolution but only because they hated the Brits.
That comment by the Ambassador translated into Arabic as “Come on back, guys. You missed some of us last time.”
And it probably wouldn't make much difference to him as long as he always had the right dinner reservations.
Well in the movies and on the streets and in the homes of America. :-)
True.
Did she roll out of bed and grab Mickey Mouse’s pants?
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