The sleeze is strong in this familyPosted on 10/08/2017 5:45:48 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Finally, something substantive to move us off the Las Vegas shooting incident that nobody knows nuttin’ about: the Harvey Weinstein disgusting pig-man chronicles. I see that Lanny Davis and Lisa Bloom (Gloria Allred's little Eveready Bunny clone) both resigned today as more sordid stories ooze out. And seriously, how scummy do you have to be to have your own brother blow the lid on the story?
Bob Weinstein, the disgruntled co-founder of The Weinstein Company, may have been the mastermind behind an exposé of lurid sex allegations that led to his brother’s humiliating downfall, the sources said.
What a charming family.
I wouldn’t trust either of them but the one with the little eye definitely looks like a real perv.
Seriously, I’d rather talk about Las Vegas…or guns, specifically. I note that today was the day that Peggy-once-in-a-blue-moon-I-have-a-point-Noonan nailed it: Why do Americans own so many guns? Because they don’t trust the protected elites to protect them.
The establishments and elites that create our political and entertainment culture have no idea how fragile it all is—how fragile it seems to people living normal, less privileged lives. That is because nothing is fragile for them. They’re barricaded behind the things the influential have, from good neighborhoods to security alarms, doormen and gates. They’re not dark in their imagining of the future because history has never been dark for them; it’s been sunshine, which they expect to continue. They sail on, oblivious to the legitimate anxieties of their countrymen who live near the edge.
Those who create our culture feel free to lecture normal Americans—on news shows, on late night comedy shows. Why do they have such a propensity for violence? What is their love for guns? Why do they join the National Rifle Association? The influential grind away with their disdain for their fellow Americans, whom they seem less to want to help than to dominate: Give up your gun, bake my cake, free speech isn’t free if what you’re saying triggers us.
Would it help if we tried less censure and more cultural affiliation? Might it help if we started working on problems that are real? Sure. But why lower the temperature when there’s such easy pleasure to be had in ridiculing your mindless and benighted countrymen?
The article is behind a paywall but don’t worry, the rest of it is pretty much typical Peggy pablum. But when she’s right she’s right. Anyway, in summary: why do Americans own so many guns? Because the Second Amendment is premised on the fact that eventually the know-it-all, better-than-us elitists will grow tired of lecturing us and simply decide to rule by fiat. Because they only want what’s best for us.
At that point they’ll begin to understand why Americans own so many guns.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
The government was the greatest promoter of people owning their OWN weapons. If you were in the militia, you provided your own weapon. In fact, IIRC, the government told you what you had to acquire. It was your duty!!
Because we are closer than ever to seeing a tyrannical gov’t.
Protect us, crap.
Who killed the Russian Kulaks? It wasn't the Chinese.
Who slaughtered the peasants during the French Revolution? Hint: It wasn't Hitler.
Who set about purging the "impure" in China in the 60s? Nobody from India.
The first enemy of the people in the U.S. is and will be the self-defined elites.
Cause we can.
Why does Jay Leno own so many cars?
Why does Jay-Z own so many sneakers?
We like to shoot. We like to hunt. We like to protect our family and property. We don’t like the government threatening us. We don’t like leftist groups threatening us.
Finally, it is enshrined in the Bill of Rights. So we can.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, lefty!
The elites on the coasts, in the large cities, will be devoured by the feral rabble; Peggy thinks she will ride this out in her Connecticut getaway (not hardly).
The more people there are in a place, and the less community cohesion, the worse it will be. Elites will perish BECAUSE of what they have, not in spite of it.
I just purchased my 10th. I now have 3 semi-auto pistols, a revolver, a shotgun, two lever action rifles, a semi-auto rifle, and two high powered air rifles.
I blame Gov. Wilder. When he signed that one gun a month bill, I tried to keep up but ran out of money after about half a year ...
Ain’t nobody’s business but my own.
So we can be more self reliant and reload our own ammo.
Part of our history.
We would not be a free people without guns.
Does any other country on earth have more freedoms than the USA?
https://www.americanprecision.org/shaping-america
Why does a bear poop in the woods?
Guns are like shoes -- different shoes for different purposes.
That's just long guns. Haven't addressed handguns. Handguns are like head gear:
Don’t neglect some solid bolt actions. For distance take a look at the 6.5 Creedmoor. And blackpowder is cheap, your reloads require no speciel equipment. (: They say 3% of gun owners own over 50% of the guns with an average of 17. So you’ve got some work to do.
I seriously doubt that 3% number.
It is illogical given the ccw permits and family heirlooms.
Perhaps such a low number comes from effete elite city dwelling cannon fodder.
You always see families at the gun show (working & shopping) this time, a lot of black families. Moms and dads with 2 + kids, carrying the things we all seem to buy at a show- backpacks, ammo, beef jerky.
I have no idea how large/busy/successful this particular show will turn out to be but my take away is that the "gun enthusiast" was out on display and we are not easily labeled.
It’s like Lay’s potato chips , you can’t just have one
1) If the SHTF, then those people who encourage a tyrannical government will be next in line after the tyrannical government. The French revolution frenzy didn't end with the government, but also went after all of the elites that supported and fed off the government. Our elites fear the same could happen to them.
2) I may have had enough money to continue buying arms, but didn't have enough money to continue to feed each and every one. So I stopped.
Extra credit: Who knew that my arms couldn't swim. My latest boating accident took them. Now I must buy scuba equipment and go looking for them.
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