[Jeff Head]

Haven't seen this on FR in some time.

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[_Jim]

The time is late. Those who once has trouble reading the hour on their watches have no trouble seeing by the glare of the fire at Waco. Few of us realized at the time that the Constitution was burning right along with the Davidians. Now we know better.

Overblown, my friend.

BTW, which states just passed and conceal and carry laws?

[Gerasimov]

Agreed. Of course, when people say that our founding fathers envisioned hunting rifles and the need to gather food, rather than modern guns, my point is that the founding fathers were not scared of wild turkeys ... they were scared of foreign or domestic armies; therefore, if we really want to be true to the intentions of the founding fathers, the constitution protects our right to keep and bear military weapons, not hunting rifles. Every free man should own an M-16 or two.

[Jeff Head]

FYI...old, and a little long...but a good read.

[VOA]

bump

[E. Pluribus Unum]

During that discussion, one poster indicated that since handguns were not a military weapon, the local community or state should have every right to vote a law banning them, in essence for public safety.

Uhhh... these are military weapons.

[stevio]

Haven't seen you on FR in sometime either. Welcome back.

[archy]

During that discussion, one poster indicated that since handguns were not a military weapon, the local community or state should have every right to vote a law banning them, in essence for public safety.

Uhhh... these are military weapons

The theory and practice of it was this:

First, you approach a German sentry with your little pistol hidden in your coat pocket and, with Academy-award sincerity, ask him for a light for your cigarette (or the time the train leaves for Paris, or if he wants to buy some non-army-issue food or a half- hour with your "sister"). When he smiles and casts a nervous glance down the street to see where his Sergeant is at, you blow his brains out with your first and only shot, then take his rifle and ammunition. Your next few minutes are occupied with "getting out of Dodge," for such critters generally go around in packs. After that (assuming you evade your late benefactor's friends) you keep the rifle and hand your little pistol to a fellow Resistance fighter so they can go get their own rifle.

Or maybe you then use your rifle to get a submachine gun from the Sergeant when he comes running. Perhaps you get very lucky and pickup a light machine gun, two boxes of ammunition and a haversack of hand grenades. With two of the grenades and the expenditure of a half-a-box of ammunition at a hasty roadblock the next night, you and your friends get a truck full of arms and ammunition. (Some of the cargo is sticky with "Boche" blood, but you don't mind terribly.)

Pretty soon you've got the best armed little maquis unit in your part of France, all from that cheap little pistol and the guts to use it. (One wonders if the current political elite's opposition to so-called "Saturday Night Specials" doesn't come from some adopted racial memory of previous failed tyrants. Even cheap little pistols are a threat to oppressive regimes.)

They called the pistol the "Liberator." Not a bad name, all in all.

Uhhh... these are military weapons

So were these:

[robertpaulsen]

[Joe 6-pack]

[Jeff Head]

FYI.

[DuncanWaring]

Also by Mike Vanderboegh:

The Window War

[CyberAnt]

"public safety"

The only person who would have been safe was the burglar!

[Henrietta]

"During that discussion, one poster indicated that since handguns were not a military weapon, the local community or state should have every right to vote a law banning them, in essence for public safety."

Yeah, sure, except for one small issue: It's unconsitutional!

[xkaydet65]

If any have doubts about an armed citizenry against the forces of government, go watch Blackhawk Down.

[NicknamedBob]

Awesome!

When my daughter asked me, 'Daddy, why do we have guns?' my answer was, and is:

That's so anyone who wants to harm us will know there is a price to pay.

[Euro-American Scum]

Hey Jeff --

Just wanted you to know I ordered the fourth volume of the Dragon's Fury Series from Amazon.com. I'm currently in volume 2 of that series myself. I confess it's slow going because the books are grimly realistic in their description of how America comes undone, and way too close to today's headlines. You've proven to be a bit too prophetic in your vision of the country's future for comfort.

And my state of mind about the future of the country is not that good, so I find it difficult to read a volume about how things come apart all that quickly.

All the same, the series is riveting, and I would encourage all Freepers to give this series a look. It's grim at times, starkly realistic, but a riveting read, and one that puts its hooks into you and doesn't let go.

I'm enjoying it and not enjoying it at the same time. But I'm hooked and absolutely fascinated as to how this will turn out.

Dragon’s Fury Series

[Doomonyou]

bump for later!

[Triple Word Score]

The Second Amendment became almost irrelevent when technology gave government weapons more powerful than citizens could own. Fight the good fight for the vestigial right to own weapons for self-defense, but I think Waco proved and proved well that the purpose of the Second Amendment was defeated by technology, long since.

One small-arms round may kill almost anyone who is not in a tank, but one tank or bomber trumps all.

[AAABEST]

During that discussion, one poster indicated that since handguns were not a military weapon, the local community or state should have every right to vote a law banning them, in essence for public safety.

Who's the jackass that came up with that tortured logic? I want to be sure to add him to my "idiots to be ignored forever" list.

Has this jackass ever heard of the .45 ACP or the Beretta 9?