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When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over
Daily Reckoning ^ | 02/20/2014 | Jim Karger

Posted on 02/21/2014 10:37:55 AM PST by Rusty0604

The militarization of US police forces is ongoing and escalating. Many cities and towns now own tanks, armed personnel carriers, even attack helicopters, and almost all are outfitted with military weapons not available to the general public.

And, it is not just your hometown cops who are getting new boy-toys. The military itself is buying up weaponry not just for use in the current or next scheduled war, but to deal with the likes of you...

Also ignored (as if it didn’t even exist) is the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which generally bars the military from law enforcement activities within the United States.

According to Public Intelligence:

“…for the last two years, the President’s Budget Submissions for the Department of Defense have included purchases of a significant amount of combat equipment, including armored vehicles, helicopters and even artillery, under an obscure section of the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the purposes of ‘homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.

and the US government knows that civil uprisings are coming to a town near you just as soon as the fantasy of a healing economy is shattered, the US dollar fails, and unemployment goes to 30%+ in real numbers.

And, to you tough-talking Neo-Cons with your AR-15 rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammo, here is the reality: they will take your guns, and no, all your Second Amendment bluster aside, you are not going to do anything about it. You are not going to take on a platoon of Marines with state-of-the-art automatic weapons...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailyreckoning.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; cwii; guncontrol; nowewont
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To: Spirochete

“...They were taken in large numbers in New Orleans without a single shot fired...”

That was a little different as the hurricane shock and awe had just come through and many were without neighbors due to evacuations.

Many Yankees thought they had it in the bag in 1862 because New Orleans and Nashville were easily taken but they were in for some tougher campaigns down the line.


101 posted on 02/21/2014 11:38:22 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: F15Eagle

Love those words, they’re tough but true!


103 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:06 AM PST by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: ThomasMore
They could never get away with a USA wide forced confiscation.

Personally, I think they'll try for city-by-city… using a template like this, and targeting cities that their social-network mappings have clusters of would-be leaders of resistance.

I don’t believe the military would stand for it. At least the grand majority.

Perhaps that's why they want to control communication/news… you could have the vast majority of troops believing the official story (terrorist deep-cover/sleeper-cells) with, say, only the top general knowing the details.

104 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:22 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Rusty0604

Wonderful eyes and we came to wear our shoes ... Hint ... Combat Boots.


105 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:24 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Howie66
General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps”

Amos is a tool.

106 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:33 AM PST by xone
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To: Howie66

Thank you for posting. Most moto I’ve seen in quite a while.

God’s speed sir.
KYPD


107 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:34 AM PST by petro45acp (It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)
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To: jda

Folks forget that there is an organziation called “Oath Keepers” on retired/active military and police.


108 posted on 02/21/2014 11:39:58 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Rusty0604

That may be the end result but in certain parts of the country, LEOs trying to confiscate will die. Just stating a simple fact.


110 posted on 02/21/2014 11:40:15 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: moovova

> Many in the military should be prepared to have their own homes raided as they have their own personal weapons cached at home.
>
> Well they allow that to happen?

Many military personnel are required to keep their personal arms in the arms room (notably those that live in barracks).
Those living in on-base housing may be subject to similar restrictions.


112 posted on 02/21/2014 11:41:16 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

They have our back (imho). See Sheriffs.


113 posted on 02/21/2014 11:41:22 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: F15Eagle

I haven’t heard that story, but any time a grenade is working as advertised and it is still in your hand it is a bad thing.


114 posted on 02/21/2014 11:42:35 AM PST by xone
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To: puppypusher

Obviously he hasn’t considered all of the old-cons. He’s probably only seen city born neo-cons.


115 posted on 02/21/2014 11:42:58 AM PST by dangerdoc (I don't think you should be forced to make the same decision I did even if I know I'm right.)
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To: xone

Horse shoes and hand grenades ... Close makes points. Move on! Forward!!!


116 posted on 02/21/2014 11:43:47 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Starstruck
I have the feeling many of the swat types are comfortable when they have superior numbers, personal protection and fire power, but wouldn't be so gung ho with battle after battle reducing their numbers.

And there is a huge difference between SWAT operations and light infantry tactics. SWAT is used to making a perimeter and using 20 to 1 odds on a small scale. Having to protect a perimeter is a lot harder.

117 posted on 02/21/2014 11:44:26 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: The KG9 Kid
Nothing is going to be broadcast real-time. You forgot about the Internet Kill Switch and the "monitors" in the nation's newsrooms.

The only voice that will be explaining anything will be the government's.

118 posted on 02/21/2014 11:44:34 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius
We have wifi and other media and then short wave. We don't play dead. They hope and change we do but we don't.
120 posted on 02/21/2014 11:46:58 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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