Experts Say Curbing Gun Violence Takes Int'l Action (From The UN ITSELF)

United Nations Wire ^ | July 14 | Jim Wurst

[Liberal Classic]

MWLWN LABE!

[Travis McGee]

They can have my guns, when I am finished with the bullets.

[Squantos]

Col. Ulius Louis Amoss write those posts ?:o)

Resistor ?? Is that still being published ?

Stay Safe Ya'll !

[Joe Brower]

"Leaderless Resistance" bump!

[ninenot]

Laziness is a part--but the real predicate is inertia.

And, frankly, it's very hard for ANYONE to believe that the US Gummint, or even most local yokels, are out to grab the guns and impose unilateral rules/regs/laws.

Think about it...

With Hillary back in the White House, however, the perceptions might change.

[appalachian_dweller]

#27

Well said. Very inspirational. I thank God for you and those like you.

[hattend]

What progress has been made in controlling the illicit trade in small arms?

There, that's better.

They haven't made any progress in illicit gun trade. Disarming law abiding citizens does not cut down on illicit trade.

[Travis McGee]

Former SFers play a big role in my novel, BTW.

[ohioman]

Your post warms my heart and reminds me of the sentiments of my kin currently living in 'Bama and Tennessee.

[ExSoldier]

AHHHH Let the record SHOW that I did not write An Open Letter From a Green Beret I merely posted it here on FR! I am honored to call many of the snake eaters my friend....but I was a TANKER, not a "snake eater!"

My best buddy from high school retired as an 05 in that group and since we had the same posting albeit different units during my active duty time, they (SOF units) sorta "adopted" me as a young "screwy Looie." That in itself showed they thought me to be a worthwhile individual beyond my status as a "leg" so they called me a "nap" which means "NON AIRBORNE PERSONNEL" rather than the derogatory Lack of ESSENTIAL GUTS (leg).

I rather think it had to do with the annual post wide pistol competition for which I showed up for fun with my bosses blessing and an "arms room .45" and about 800rds of ball ammo. I wound up placing out of all the "new shooters" that year (in 1983 I think there were about 500)...I scored in at #2. Out of all shooters on post...number of competitiors that year there were about 3000; a huge chunk of them from the snake eater units...I came in at #9. That got the attention of the boy's who wear the beanies....and the word circulated that I wasn't the standard useless leg officer, and was in fact the buddy of the "old man," from high school....

Bright eyed and bushy tailed 2LT with great reflexes and very sharp vision. TODAY I have trouble seeing my front sight without using bifocal lenses!

[ExSoldier]

"I know quite a few folks who will not roll over. Maybe it's just talk. One never knows what they'll do in a situation until in that situation."

My friend, a just retired SpecOps LTC, says that 90% of all gunowners will meekly hand over their guns with a "Oooooh Please don't hurt me" and that'll be it. I remind him that there are about 100 MILLION gunowners. If 90% "turn them all in" like SLIMESTEIN wants...that'll still leave a group of about 10 MILLION gunowners who are hard core and possibly ex-military and a group of them will be combat vets...that's quite a large army to have to deal with especially in the context of the urban guerilla.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> hard for ANYONE to believe that the US Gummint, or even most local yokels, are out to grab the guns <<

The grabbers claim it's to lower crime, but there's plenty of info that indicates that when law-abiding citizens are disarmed crime, violent crime, skyrockets. England, Australia, Washington DC are all very good examples of this.

It seems to me that liberals like to hide their head in the sand. They don't want to know the truth. I was debating gun control with a liberal friend. I reminded her of how the SCOTUS decided that the police were not responsible for our individual safety, that our safety was our own responsibility . To that she said, "Stop depressing me." The conversation ended there.

So the libs really don't want to be FREE, they want to be SAFE. Freedom does not mean being safe and Freedom's currency is blood.

I'll die free before I’ll live as a slave ... or a subject.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> 90% of all gunowners will meekly hand over their guns <<

Sadly, I can believe that. I thought about it and have done much soul searching. See my post #52.

[ExSoldier]

"So the libs really don't want to be FREE, they want to be SAFE. Freedom does not mean being safe and Freedom's currency is blood."

Man those are powerful words. Count on me using them as soon as school starts with both the kids and my fellow teachers who thermselves are mindless liberals.....not stupid, mind you, but "mindless" to the realities of the costs of freedom.

[appalachian_dweller]

Thank you.

We need more teachers like you. The children are our future and you have a direct hand in shaping that future.

Teaching in today's environment with absentee parents and an administration with a liberal agenda is a daunting task. You have my utmost respect for taking on such a difficult task. You truly are on the front lines of the war for the future of our country.

[appalachian_dweller]

And also, THANK YOU for your service to this country!

[longtermmemmory]

Did you know those spartans were picked BECAUSE they were all fathers?

[risk]

No, can you go into more detail about that? Where can I read about this event at the level that will provide me with those kinds of aspects of the event?

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"The US quietly dropped the idea of weapons confiscation. If the US military doesn't want to take on 12 million armed Iraqis, what makes the UN think it has even a ghost of a chance to confiscate weapons here in the US?"

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I'll take a whack at that....

IMO, those "12 million" Iraqis...have seen what a true madman despot can do. And they don't want to be unarmed.

That hasn't happened in the U.S.A. yet...Case in point, millions of Aussies willingly handed in their guns. They didn't/don't think there is anything to fear. Yet.

FRegards,

[ExSoldier]

You're welcome on all counts. I so rarely get thanked for being a conservative teacher and for being a teacher dedicated to exposing all agendas that I sorta don't know how to handle it. ~scuffs toe in the dirt~