Posted on 11/28/2017 7:42:34 AM PST by marktwain
The Boston Globe recent ran an article where it acknowledged the obvious: the long term goal of the gun control movement (recently relabeled as “gun safety”), is to confiscate a large number of Americans' firearms.
The Globe has almost everything else wrong in its article, but they are honest about the desire for gun confiscation.
In other words, the proposals aren’t just difficult to enact in the current political climate; their practical effects would also be quite limited. On occasion, though, leading Democrats will make oblique reference to a more sweeping policy change: seizing a huge number of weapons from law-abiding citizens.At a New Hampshire forum in the fall of 2015, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke approvingly of an Australian gun buyback program that collected more than 650,000 weapons — a buyback that, she neglected to mention, was compulsory.
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The logic of gun control lies, at bottom, in substantially reducing the number of deadly weapons on the street — and confiscation is far and away the most effective approach. Is there any conceivable turn of events in our politics that could make confiscation happen? And what would a mass seizure look like?
Then the article goes on to praise the imposition of extreme restrictions on gun ownership in Australia, and to put forward claims that the restrictions “worked”. Those claims are easily countered. That is not what we are dealing with here.
Ultimately, the Globe admits that massive gun confiscation is not possible, at least now, at least not directly.
Why are so many people on the political left willing to consider confiscating guns, in direct violation of the Constitution, with the obvious high costs, high risks, and low chance of success? Here are some
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
One individual with an FN Model 1910 pistol chambered for the .380 ACP can alter the course of history.
“We would just return to an overturned house where the authorities have already advised the press about ”weapons, child porn, drugs, and ISIS literature” discovered via an allegedly lengthy investigation.“
That one will work twice, maybe three times tops.
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There are enough who are old and retired and divorced/widowed, with nothing else to do but lie in wait from a slight distance, to rapidly diminish the ranks of the confiscators.
"...That will work twice, maybe three times, tops..."
Indeed. Highly recommend Barbara Tuchmans “The Guns of August” if you haven’t already read it.
“In my dreams, I see politicians giving most Americans the middle finger.”
They will not do so without consequence.
“They would run out of “confiscators” before the end of the first day.”
Almost as fast as they’d run out of the ones who sent them.
As a nation we are slipping down that rabbit hole faster each day.
‘They’ have often opined that ‘ejecting’ 15 million ‘illegals’ would be an impossible task while suggesting that removing weapons from some 200 million residences is not only possible, it is imperative.
These are the same people that ‘argue’ no sense in drilling on the ‘North Slope/Arctic Ocean/Virginia Coast’ because it will be at least 10 years before it would show a difference. (OF COURSE that was 30 years ago and ‘they’ are still playing ‘switch’ with their thumbs).
All of this strarted going back to the Middle Ages when some wag priced gas at .019 per gallon and convinced ALL (even us) to say gas is up or down to 1 cent.
Ayn Rand hit it correctly, make enough laws and you can turn EVERYONE into a criminal.
Read it about five years ago.
Fascinating.
Ayn Rand hit it correctly, make enough laws and you can turn EVERYONE into a criminal.
I have more hope now than I have had in 40 years. President Trump seems to keep pulling victory after victory from the swampy mess.
Perhaps he is a Machiavellian Prince that will do what is necessary to save the Republic.
Probably still the biggest oxymoron going.
However
While the 'small crowd' of people let out a 'silent scream' while others give their 'unbiased opinion' and raise the 'unconsciousness awareness' of the 'wise fools' that believe in a 'working vacation'
While the 'larger half' of the 'militant pacifists' create 'loyal opposition' to the 'living dead' as the 'humane slaughter' creates an 'impossible solution' in the 'historical present' results in a 'friendly takeover' or 'civil war'.
Yes, Ms Rand was very perceptive in her writings of over half a century ago.
She has to take her place in history with Jules Verne, Chester Gould, Al Capp and a handful of others that basically foresaw the future and had the ‘courage’ to publish and spur it along
Very few among ‘us’ could foresee Dick Tracy and his wrist radio, Nuclear Submarines etc etc etc
Al Capp also pointed out what a politicized society would look like with the likes of Moonbeam McSwine/Sadie Hawkins (feminist movement) the Shmoos, (Johnsons great society as the shmos would just reproduce themselves in whatever YOU wanted as a ‘good government’ should)
Rudyard Kipling, for Gods of the Copybook Headings, deserves a prominent place on your list.
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm
Yes, and ‘Tommy’ is probably more meaningful the ‘older’ it gets.
Should have an R Kipling day once a quarter or so - so all his insightful work can be appreciated....
Yes, and ‘Tommy’ is probably more meaningful the ‘older’ it gets.
Should have an R Kipling day once a quarter or so - so all his insightful work can be appreciated....
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