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Thought-provoking article from Whiskey & Gunpowder - author is an attorney.
1 posted on 09/08/2012 7:57:41 PM PDT by bopdowah
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What is a gun?


2 posted on 09/08/2012 8:00:31 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
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I don’t have any guns.


3 posted on 09/08/2012 8:00:40 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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Nope. Can you imagine “anyone” attempting to “disarm” the State of Texas?

The very idea is silly.

And I know how law enforcement and the military feel about this. Won’t happen.


4 posted on 09/08/2012 8:01:47 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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>> author is an attorney.

Fortunately, we won’t need as many attorneys after the totalitarian takeover of America.


5 posted on 09/08/2012 8:07:14 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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"... author is an attorney."

And an ass. But I repeat myself.

7 posted on 09/08/2012 8:08:15 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik (In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
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What other lines have you drawn in the sand? How did you react when those were crossed?

9 posted on 09/08/2012 8:08:55 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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The author is a jackass. If our military was so all-powerful, then we’d never hear mention of certain points on the globe- Vietnam, Afghanistan come to mind.


12 posted on 09/08/2012 8:11:46 PM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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Better to lie in a pool of my own blood, than live in a State such as this! Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!


14 posted on 09/08/2012 8:12:49 PM PDT by longhorn too
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The cost of disarming me will be high. For them.


15 posted on 09/08/2012 8:13:20 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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That’s why you need a cheap one to give up and the good stuff stored in a secure location.


18 posted on 09/08/2012 8:14:09 PM PDT by marron
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I would rather be face down in the street in a pool of my own blood, than face down in the street with my ass greased for the jackbooted Gummint thugs. And my blood-soaked body will rest on top of a big pile of theirs, believe me.

Far, far better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Not to mention, this whole discussion is rhetorical, as the imbeciles in D.C., as stupid as they can be at their worst, would never attempt it. They'd be chewed to shreds, and no force on Earth could save them. Any group of "leaders" who ever concocted and actually sent the ball up on this one would be done-for, finished, spent, played, over, finitio, kaput.

I think the technical term would be "Suicide by Patriot."

;-\

19 posted on 09/08/2012 8:14:09 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Barrio Bummer ~ America's First Gay President")
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Either the point of this article is to provoke gun owning citizens to resist in a united front...in mass...or just to acquiesce and lay their guns at the feet of the state, bow down to the oncoming tyranny and accept inevitable subjugation.


20 posted on 09/08/2012 8:14:21 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood)
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Guess it kind of depends on the mood I’m in that day


21 posted on 09/08/2012 8:15:21 PM PDT by onona (Thank you fellow Freepers)
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How many deer hunting licenses were sold in the US last year? How many armed government agents are there?

Compare and contrast.

/johnny

22 posted on 09/08/2012 8:16:29 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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There aren’t enough “agents” to roll down the street all at once, so there will be plenty of advanced notice.

Additionally, none of my collection is “registered”.

With just a little bit of notice, I can become very difficult to locate.

If you don’t think there are enough folks in a similar situation to make a difference, you’re mistaken.


25 posted on 09/08/2012 8:21:19 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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You are not going to take on a platoon of Marines with state of the art automatic weapons and the best body armor you cannot buy protected by armed personnel carriers and attack helicopters unless you choose to die that day — for nothing.

(1) Marines also have families and if they agree to this they must know another Marine platoon is simultaneously killing his father and his brothers, who are ex military and will not give up their guns.

(2) If you die defending freedom you are not dying for nothing. And you may not want to wait until they come to your door if you want to take a toll on the enemy. Besides, there will be plenty of targets besides the Marines if it ever comes down to this.
26 posted on 09/08/2012 8:21:56 PM PDT by microgood
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Why do folks believe that everyone “deputized” by some gov’t agency is willing to play along with this little plot?


28 posted on 09/08/2012 8:22:34 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over

No. And millions more won't, either.

Just because this lawyer is peeing his panties in fear of the feds, don't mean the rest of us are.

Any potential confiscation attempt will be over and done with LONG before they sweep door-to-door. Those people have to go home sometime, and when they do, end of story. A few like that and suddenly, there will be a shortage of labor to execute the confiscation.

30 posted on 09/08/2012 8:23:41 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (My game is disruption. I will use lethal force --my vote-- in self-defense against Obama.)
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Authoritarians can only use the police and military to crush dissent when they know the secret: they will not attack their own, but will attack some other minority.

Then ask yourself, if you had a company of US Marines, what Americans would they willingly attack? New Englanders? Floridians? Texans? Californians? Which of these people are so different from where the Marines came from that they would not be seen as fellow Americans?

Otherwise, what happens when their company commander is replaced by a political appointee, who puts on the Marine uniform, declares himself their new commander, and orders them to fire on unarmed citizens?

He will likely find his command to be short-lived, punctuated with his pitiful screams that they must “Obey me! Obey me! Do what I order you to do!”


33 posted on 09/08/2012 8:24:28 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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The number of firearms and ammo in private hands in this country is simultaneously unknown and incalculable. Some of it is on the books, but the vast bulk of it isn’t. Anyone who thinks disarming the civilian populace will be a casualty free walk-in-the-park is crazy as a loon. Fortunately, I think most police/military are smart enought not to execute such an order. Some may go through the motions, but that’s about it.


37 posted on 09/08/2012 8:25:39 PM PDT by rbg81
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