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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: Publius

She’s a lot like you ... but she carries a firearm.


121 posted on 02/21/2014 11:48:18 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: F15Eagle

“...he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”

“Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming”—2 Thess

The American Dream is at odds with The Lord Jesus Christ! “Success! Success! Success!” is not the theme of the Old or New Covenant. God esteemed the “others” in Hebrews 11—“They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. .... And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings...”—why don’t we?


122 posted on 02/21/2014 11:48:33 AM PST by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: Rusty0604

Law enforcement would absolutely get their asses handed to them by determined Patriots. It doesn’t matter what cops have in their arsenal


123 posted on 02/21/2014 11:49:31 AM PST by Ajnin (Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
I can think of worse things than going down in a hail of gunfire resisting totalitarianism.

Once it's common knowledge that confiscation has begun, people who think the same as you, will be sniping at them from several hundred yards out and behind them.
124 posted on 02/21/2014 11:49:35 AM PST by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: OneWingedShark

True, but there are plenty of civilian apartment complexes and houses surrounding most military posts/bases.

Wouldn’t surprise me if the CO didn’t one day say “OK boys and girls...if you have personal weapons at home, bring them in by 0600 Friday, and there will not be any penalties. Otherwise...”


125 posted on 02/21/2014 11:49:47 AM PST by moovova
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To: Publius

No more internet kill switches, the internet will simply go up in space:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/coming-soon-free-internet-from-space-20140220


126 posted on 02/21/2014 11:49:54 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: moovova

Don’t be surprise .. the Military will stand and be recognized.


127 posted on 02/21/2014 11:51:43 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: The KG9 Kid

“The moment that tanks and jet fighters attack US civilians, it’ll be broadcast across the planet in realtime”

That is, unless the FCC doesn’t think that news fits the public’s “critical information needs”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/proposed-fcc-study-of-news-organizations-sparks-conservative-outcry/2014/02/20/117401d8-9a71-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html


128 posted on 02/21/2014 11:52:00 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: no-to-illegals
I would recommend Foreign Enemies and Traitors by Matthew Bracken. There is a chapter on how federal authorities rounded up everyone in a town using microwave weapons to back themselves up and made that entire town and its inhabitants disappear.
129 posted on 02/21/2014 11:54:24 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Rusty0604
They only get one.

If some psychopath politician orders a door to door confiscation of weapons, it may work one time, in one neighborhood, in one town. But that's it. Word will spread and the next neighborhood or town will be bloodier and the one after that will be even bloodier.

It's a sickening thought to even imagine such a thing. Police and US military are members of the same communities we are talking about here. I can't believe they would want to murder us any more than we would ever want to murder them! Especially for some insane politician!

The end of cheap energy, the end of cheap food, the end of the US dollar... the next 20 years do not look bright. It is now perfectly clear we have been sold out by decades of political psychopaths and criminals with an insatiable desire for wealth and power.

But we are just talking about opportunistic political animals, not Gods. They do not get to dictate how we behave or what we believe in. We can be surprisingly strong and resolute, and full of compassion for our neighbors.

Correct me if you think I am wrong, but the only peaceful/powerful thing we can do at this moment is stop feeding the machine. Take your money out of the banks. Work on being as self sufficient as you can. Learn old skills. Make less money. Pay less taxes.

But you guys already knew all that.

131 posted on 02/21/2014 11:54:47 AM PST by Casie (democrats destroy)
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To: EXCH54FE
The way I see it is, if we lose our 2nd Amendment rights we will lose our 1st Amendment freedom of speech, our right to Vote and all we value in life.

By accepting that felons, having served their sentence, may be barred from arms or voting you have already lost these rights — just, perhaps, not yet.
(IOW, all they need to do is slap you with felon charges, and then your fellow-citizens will deprive you of rights for them even after you've served your sentence.)

132 posted on 02/21/2014 11:54:53 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: demshateGod
However, incidents like Ukraine

Just an interesting little tidbit I read this morning:

In the Ukraine there is 6.6 guns per 100 civilians. In the U.S. there are 101 guns per 100 civilians. And many have the ammo to keep those guns fed for a long time.
133 posted on 02/21/2014 11:55:57 AM PST by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: varyouga

“Don’t bet on it. It sounds like they are slowly purging anyone in the military who respects the Constitution, doesn’t celebrate gay sex and/or speaks ill of Dear Leader”

True, serving under the Obama Regime has it’s drawbacks for those who stay in. Just don’t underestimate the commitment of those who have been “purged” or decided to leave on their own accord. Just because one changes the uniform for civilian clothing, doesn’t mean that they no longer honor their Oath or somehow “checked” their training at the gate upon leaving the last duty station.

Have a little more faith and respect for our Vets. It would be appreciated.


134 posted on 02/21/2014 11:56:00 AM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: apillar

Why shoot at cops and soldiers? The politicians and bureaucrats that sent them are much softer targets.


135 posted on 02/21/2014 11:56:10 AM PST by Rifleman
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To: Rusty0604

I’m smart enough to not be barricaded in. The chiefs that give the orders have to sleep sometime. So do the politicians and other bureaucrats.


136 posted on 02/21/2014 11:56:18 AM PST by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Casie
...it may work one time, in one neighborhood, in one town.

It certainly worked in Boston.

137 posted on 02/21/2014 11:56:23 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

God promises ... I’ll take God’s promises. We shall fight and not die. I believe!!!


138 posted on 02/21/2014 11:57:16 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

You’re religious. I’m not. Your attitude doesn’t work for me. I’d rather have the firepower.


139 posted on 02/21/2014 11:58:27 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Casie

Your are correct, Casie. Word is spreading.


140 posted on 02/21/2014 11:58:44 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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