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Why the threat of ISIS underscores our need for a Second Amendment. (Vanity - Opinion)
Free Republic ^ | 9/5/2014 | Enterprise

Posted on 09/05/2014 5:15:07 PM PDT by Enterprise

Armed citizens can be EVERYWHERE!

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Armed citizens can be EVERYWHERE! An armed citizen can be on a camping trip. Armed citizens can be at rural farm houses. They can be in small communities and large cities.

1. I start with this reasoning because it is evident that the U.S. Military can't be everywhere. One place it absolutely needs to be right now is all along the border.

2. Citizen militias can't be everywhere. Even if there were hundreds of militias, properly and professionally trained, the militias couldn't be everywhere.

3. The police have a massive presence, but they can't be everywhere, and they might not have the resources to quickly repel any given terrorist attack.

4. ISIS can't be everywhere. But ISIS could launch selective sudden violent catastrophic attacks and then withdraw before most of them could be caught due to the massive confusion and chaos.

5. Repeating the beginning, armed citizens CAN BE EVERYWHERE! What is lacking are policies to integrate the capabilities and willingness of armed citizens to react quickly to support or augment the police or the military in the event of terrorist attacks. And that MUST be a serious consideration going forward!

1 posted on 09/05/2014 5:15:08 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

I agree, and it’s not just ISIS our family’s have to be concerned with


2 posted on 09/05/2014 5:22:29 PM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
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To: Enterprise

You’ve got that Right.Unfortunately our political masters here in the Nutcase State(Connecticut) are leaving us defenseless to terrorists who will be coming here with fully automatic weapon that they’ll purchase and have smuggled in by the drug cartels.

In Connecticut they have banned the Sale of any decent center fire rifle that has an attached Box magazine.The only rifle they have allegedly cleared for sale is a .22 rifle that only looks like a modified AR-15.

When the crap hits the fan and these terrorist animals decide to attack a soft target,Shopping mall,School,Hospital.The Police will not be there to protect the Public.

They will be to busy trying to defend schools. because Parents will be so terrified they will Complain forcing the police to maintain a security to assure the kids are safe.

The rest of the public will be screwed.


3 posted on 09/05/2014 5:27:52 PM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Enterprise
Armed citizens are already everywhere. Well, umm, maybe not so much in a few of the anti-gun Nazi cities and states (those are locations most likely to be attacked by the IS-holes, much safer that way).

Thank the Lord I live in Texas where some folks've got my 6.

4 posted on 09/05/2014 5:32:06 PM PDT by Kolb (Compone Accomoda Supera)
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To: puppypusher

The political masters have .... stuffed up their noses. When terrorists attack, no one is safe. The political masters ignore that they, and their families and friends are as much fair game as the “ordinary” citizen. One must ask the political masters the question: If, upon looking at the bodies of your slain loved ones, you learned that armed citizens could have saved them, would you still consider your opposition to firearms to be the morally superior point of view?


5 posted on 09/05/2014 5:36:56 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

There could very possibly come the day when I become genuinely,and substantially,fearful of an attack by moslem savages here in the US.But for me at least I have no such fear today.OTOH,I have a very real fear of Attorney Corporal Holder & Pals engaging in serious violations of my basic human,and Constitutional,rights TODAY.That alone underscores the need for the Second Amendment in my anything but humble opinion.


6 posted on 09/05/2014 5:37:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: reefdiver

Natural disasters would be another need for citizens to be armed. And it is still mind boggling that after Katrina hit, when the citizens needed self defense the most, the authorities tried to disarm them.


7 posted on 09/05/2014 5:38:38 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I don’t disagree with your own underscore. My goal is to enlighten the liberals, if possible, that their precious Obama and his band of goons will not be there when their head is threatened to be removed from their shoulders. Also, while not addressed, the anti gun creeps still need to be reminded that people died at the Boston Marathon bombing because the Government failed to track terrorists.


8 posted on 09/05/2014 5:45:34 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: puppypusher

You know what they can do with their registtration?


9 posted on 09/05/2014 5:47:48 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Enterprise

I couldn’t agree with you more.

The thought that an attack could come at virtually any time and any place is enough for me.

Efforts to disarm citizens while downplaying the risks is nothing short of sinister in my mind. Add the “open borders” policy and it actually looks like this administration is not only inviting terrorists, but is hoping they attack.

Call me cynical.

I do not doubt for a minute that they have a boat load of intelligence for viable threats, that they have and will continue to intentionally downplay internally and wrap in their bureaucracy.

All of this comes down to a very simple question;

“What (terrorist attack) is possible ?”

History has shown us that that which is “possible” happens.

This administration seems h88l bent on opening up the possibilities.


10 posted on 09/05/2014 6:00:09 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Enterprise
Be sure your enemies fear you more than you fear them!
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11 posted on 09/05/2014 9:29:30 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Enterprise

>>What is lacking are policies to integrate the capabilities and willingness of armed citizens to react quickly to support or augment the police or the military in the event of terrorist attacks.<<

This will never happen as long as we have a federal government that wants to disarm the nations civilians.


12 posted on 09/05/2014 9:31:38 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: B4Ranch

I disagree. I want my enemies to trust me.


13 posted on 09/05/2014 9:35:28 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: Enterprise

Regulations be damned.

If you are able to carry concealed, then do it. Let them try to catch you.

Seriously, how many times have you been patted down in your lifetime? Except for the airport or the courthouse, how many times have you been forced to walk through a metal detector?

And if you do get caught carrying, hold out for a jury trial and don’t accept any plea deals. I think a jury of your peers will understand if you are a good guy with good intentions.

Imagine the guilt you would feel if you came upon a terrorist act about to begin and you didn’t carry that day.


14 posted on 09/05/2014 9:57:55 PM PDT by DNME (This is the government our Founders warned us about.)
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