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When You Wish Upon a Star ..., by L. Neil Smith
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| L. Neil Smith
Posted on 06/21/2007 10:36:55 AM PDT by tpaine
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Great Writer, great concepts.
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:36:57 AM PDT
by
tpaine
To: tpaine
With 750 million firearms -- three quarters of a billion guns -- of modern design in working condition already in private hands in America today,...Any idea where he came up with this number? It suggests 2-3 weapons for every man, woman and child in the country.
The most common number I've seen is roughly a third of that.
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:45:34 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: tpaine
I am a criminal - I do not wear my seatbelt.
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:47:08 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Don't mistake timid driving for defensive driving.)
To: DuncanWaring
I got 12 myself...
More than I need, but not as many as I want!
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:48:39 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: Little Ray
Same here ... if you don’t count the rimfires.
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:53:25 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring; Little Ray
The most common number I've seen is roughly a third of that. I've seen 250 mm to 300 mm as the most likely figure, going up by about 5 mm per year. It ain't 750, but Smith's points still hold. And, better yet, whether its 250 or 750, the tyrant-wannabees still have to visit the bathroom and gobble Tums by the handful when seriously contemplating a ban...as the Founders intended.
I got 12 myself...
More than I need, but not as many as I want!
Different number, same problem. They seem to keep mating in the safe.
To: tpaine
“The future isn’t what it used to be”=Yogi Berra
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posted on
06/21/2007 10:56:47 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: DuncanWaring
Any idea where he came up with this number? It suggests 2-3 weapons for every man, woman and child in the country.The most common number I've seen is roughly a third of that.
Many of us, right here on FR, willingly take up the slack for those who either can't or won't live up to their responsibility...
As was once quoted here, Q) "how do you know when you have enough guns?"
A) "If someone asks you 'How many guns do you have?' and you don't have to really think it over, you don't have anywhere near enough."
Mark
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:02:42 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: Ancesthntr
Not really.
Can you imagine a successful insurrection against helicopter gunships and tanks?
Think about it, the only thing we lack to suppress the ‘insurgency’ in Iraq is the will - and Iraqis have assault rifles and RPGs!
Do you think the politicritters would lack will in suppressing folks threatening their power and their lives? They’d do Ruby Ridge and Waco ten thousand times over to preserver their power.
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:10:49 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: Little Ray
Can you imagine a successful insurrection against helicopter gunships and tanks?...Do you think the politicritters would lack will in suppressing folks threatening their power and their lives? Theyd do Ruby Ridge and Waco ten thousand times over to preserver their power.After the first few reruns of Ruby Ridge and Waco a lot of those helicopter gunships and tanks would show up on "our" side.
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:17:33 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Little Ray
yeah. still simple. 90% of the fighting would be guerilla tactics. it won’t take too long before they have to abandon their tanks and gunships and go on foot.
besides, you don’t think a good portion of the army, faced with the order to kill, american citizens would defect and take their equipment with them? you don’t think there are veterans that are willing and able to take over the controls of any equipment out there?
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:22:33 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(Stop repeat offenders. Don't re-elect them!)
To: Little Ray
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:51:41 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
It suggests 2-3 weapons for every man, woman and child in the country. Slackers! ;^)
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posted on
06/21/2007 11:59:24 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
To: Ancesthntr
They seem to keep mating in the safe. LOL! Whenever I buy a new one I make sure I leave it in the safe for at least two months before my wife sees it. When she finally I can honestly say "Oh I've had that one for a WHILE!"
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:02:11 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
To: rockinqsranch
The future isnt what it used to be-Yogi Berra"Over it is not until it is" - Yoda Berra
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:07:05 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Did you know that before the internal combustion engine, there was no weather at all?)
To: DuncanWaring
Glad to see you’re still on the right side of history, Dunc!
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:17:01 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
To: tpaine
I repeat, there wasn't any drug problem -- until your fellow voters, the bureaucrats, and the politicians created a drug problem. And they manage to make it worse every single year.
L
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:19:14 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
To: 6ppc
When she finally I can honestly say "Oh I've had that one for a WHILE!"My wife asked me "Why do you need so many rifles?". I asked her "Why do you need so many shoes?"
I actually got away with that one.
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:29:37 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: headsonpikes
I try to stay on the right side of everything!
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:49:44 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Lurker; y'all
"- I repeat, there wasn't any drug problem -- until your fellow voters, the bureaucrats, and the politicians created a drug problem. -"
And they manage to make it worse every single year.
L
Prohibitionism is a social disease.
I'm always amazed at how many FReepers defend the various types, "- travesties like alcohol Prohibition, business Prohibition, drug Prohibition, or weapon Prohibition. -"
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posted on
06/21/2007 12:58:17 PM PDT
by
tpaine
(" My most important function on the Supreme Court is to tell the majority to take a walk." -Scalia)
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