Congressman Threatens to Bomb Gun Owners Who Don't Submit to Gun Control

Mises Institute ^ | December 3, 2018 | Alan Mosely

[Ancesthntr]

Correct- that is why China once said that you could NEVER invade The USA because there would be “a gun under every blade of grass.”

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First of all, Mr. K, as others have said, this was ***attributed*** to Admiral Yamamoto. Not merely wrong nationality, but how does a country state something? Second, the gun would be “behind” every blade of grass, not “under” it.

Third, and for the benefit of the others reading this, Admiral Yamamoto did ***NOT*** say this. NO ONE said this, at least not until the false Yamamoto quote came to be. https://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/

So, why do I bring up point #3? For the same reason cited in the last sentence of the Factcheck cite, above: “But we do object to fabricating quotes and passing them off as historical fact.” We are supposed to be the ones with the facts, the truth; if we go off and cite imaginary quotes, we simply discredit every other argument we make, no matter how factual or true they may be. Let’s leave making stuff up to the Swalwells of this world - the ignorant Leftist gungrabbers (but I repeat myself) for whom facts are optional.

Please note that NONE of what I am posting here should be taken as a put-down of anyone (except Swalwell, he deserves it every time he opens his mouth or puts out a written message). I am simply trying to improve our chances of prevailing, based on FACTS, not hyperbole that sounds great but is actually harmful to us. Frankly, I ***WISH*** that Yamamoto had said or written this quote - it’d be extremely helpful to us...but facts are facts, let’s deal only with them, please.

[Ancesthntr]

Please see #21; Yamamoto did NOT say or write this quote.

[Mr. K]

Oh I am so sure...
I heard him say that myslef

[Celerity]

I’d like to modify this strategy a bit:

The first wave, let them pass without finding you. Hide. Yes. Hide.

Then come up, basically from the rear and do your thing.

[Darteaus94025]

Maybe we could have a night where we smash all the windows of their businesses and homes. We could call it KrystalNacht.

[b4its2late]

hahahahahahahaha

[elcid1970]

Well....Mao Tse-tung did say that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”.

Yamamoto warned Tojo and the other hotheads that America would be the greatest foe Japan had ever faced, based on his having studied here.

With his knowledge of the U.S. economy he predicted “I can run riot with them for a year. After that I can promise nothing.”

If Yamamoto didn’t talk of rifles & blades of grass, his thoughts were pretty close.

Did Yamamoto also say that Japan could not be assured of victory until the IJA invaded Washington and dictated surrender terms in the White House?

[Kickass Conservative]

This happened weeks ago. Took a while for the Author to catch up I guess.

[SkyDancer]

I think Yamamoto said that as well; like an American behind every blade of grass with a gun.

[Ancesthntr]

“If Yamamoto didn’t talk of rifles & blades of grass, his thoughts were pretty close.”

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That’s like saying, “Fake, but true” like NBC “News” and their expose on the Ford F-150 pick-up catching fire in crashes. Either it is true, or it is not, no matter how much we’d like it to be otherwise, or think that he would have thought this. That Yamamoto was against war with the US was plain - he knew that our industrial capacity would quickly overwhelm them, and he knew of the bedrock of courage and moral clarity that our nation has (or, rather, had - I’m not so sure anymore), and that Japan would lose. But that’s not the same as the quote in question, is it?

I’ve seen no evidence that he actually said or wrote the quote in question - so let’s just NOT use his non-quote, shall we? Again, we discredit every single pro-gun argument that we can possibly make by KNOWINGLY putting forth a false fact like this.

[Ancesthntr]

Or, maybe, just the windows of one’s local Dem Party HQ: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1604

[Ancesthntr]

“I think Yamamoto said that as well; like an American behind every blade of grass with a gun.”

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You “think” that he said it? OK, I’m open to proof - please show all of us (I’m begging to issue a mea culpa to everyone on this thread, PLEASE show us).

The simple fact is that NO ONE has ever been able to prove that Yamamoto said this; see the link in #21.

The fact that we, as pro-gun citizens, would like it if he had said it (it would bolster our case for civilian gun ownership on a practical level), has nothing to do with the simple reality that he DID NOT say or write this. Continuing to repeat this only discredits our side - so please stop.

[utahb52]

And how many of the military does this petty little Fascist believe would actually turn their guns on the population rather than on him?

[elcid1970]

Did Yamamoto say, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

[dljordan]

I did not know that. Thanks.

[onona]

"...we do have two things..."

Unsure if anyone in my neighborhood has an electromagnetic pulse weapon or not.

Can I Haz One ? I promise to only use it for good.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Good idea.

[xrmusn]

This FOOL with diarrhea of the mouth just shows why we SHOULD keep all weapons.

'Supposedly' T Jefferson had said

"THE BEAUTY OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS THAT IT WILL NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL THEY TRY AND TAKE IT".

And, if he didn't he surely should have AND would have if he had thought it.

[castlebrew]

“If Yamamoto didn’t talk of rifles & blades of grass...”

So stipulated.

I’m saying it now. Please attribute when quoting. ;)

[Celerity]

we could, or at least I could, talk on this topic for hours.

But now we don’t need to have so much of this strategy. After Obama’s “re-election” I had implemented a plan that beat my Y2K preps by a mile.

I was geocaching, going grey man and dropping a lot of my “questionable” practices under such tyranny.

Now I believe that we need to buy guns and make our purchases known. The sheer number of guns being sold is enough to stave off some of the more serious attempts to criminalize them. They are scared. The numbers are scaring them. Keep those numbers up, boys!