[pgyanke]

Sadly, I don't think your friend is correct. We have raised a couple of generations of well-meaning Americans who have bought a load of PC crap. Many are in law enforcement and the military. The gun grab has been gradual in policy and rapid in the minds of numbskulls. How many don't believe the 2nd Amendment says what it says in black and white? How many are appalled that otherwise good people have "evil" guns in their homes?

What the gun grabbers haven't been able to do with legislation, they have done to a great extent with public opinion. It isn't as far as you think to the "next step" and many in authority will go along willingly.

[appalachian_dweller]

While I agree with your assessment of 'well-meaning Americans', 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.

The federals have already proven they have no qualms with shooting civilians, armed or unarmed. I'm hoping the local law enforcement folks do.

If a ban were to come to pass, who do you think would end up doing the collection?

[ExSoldier]

This was originally posted by ME before Y2K when we all thought that Clinton was going to trigger the national emergency/civil unrest Executive Orders. I just reposted it elsewhere yesterday. It certainly bears repeating here. I have heard rumblings like this from inside the active duty military especially in the mid to senior level officers for literally DECADES...so fear not....you're not alone.

An open letter from a 'Green Beret'

The Resister: The Political Warfare Journal of the Special Forces Underground

Spring 1998 'Defector in Place--USSOCOM'

This letter is addressed to old family Reds, central bankers, military traitors (past and present), academia, media pundits, "civil rights" activists, and "Greens." Your worst fears are justified; Special Forces Underground is real. It's not just a subtitle on the Resister's masthead. Worse for you, is that it's not just in Special Forces. It exists in all branches of the military, in federal agencies, among civilians, and in several foreign countries.

I am an old Special Forces active duty soldier. I've worked with people in all branches of the military, alphabet soup federal agencies, police departments, and civilians. While most people I've worked with are passive supporters of resistance to your "global community," there are some who are willing to actively defend what they believe in.

I will continue to perform my appointed military duties in a professional manner. I will publicly agree with your collectivist policies and parrot your slogans. I pay my taxes, don't belong to any "militia," and won't join any "extremist" group. For all outside appearances I am one of your "global community" peasants.

Having traveled extensively I have seen firsthand the results of failed collectivist governments who have looted their countries into squalor. Most politically attuned people I know have seen it also and know that the only way you can achieve your global community is by doing the same to America. Some think resistance is futile. Maybe it is.

But we are willing to fight you, and make you pay DEARLY for your arrogance. We are moral, principled, and believe in the ORIGINAL Constitution and the philosophies that define it. You see, your mistake was that you thought we'd just mumble our oath and then contradict it when ordered to. but YOU,--you promoters of the "brotherhood of mankind"--are the enemies domestic we are sworn to defend the Constitution against. We didn't choose you as the enemy. By your collectivist ideologies and actions, you self selected.

We pray to the God you SCORN that the day never arrives when we are finally compelled to turn against you, what you expected us to do to enemies foreign. If that day does arise, lament. For I, and others like me, have been trained in the blackest of arts, and the darkest of crafts.

Your minions are useless cattle. They cannot protect you. You cannot hide. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, but you'll NEVER know whether der guten soldat you hired is one of us---or not.

So, to all you altruist-collectivist global citizens:

"YOU WILL FIND NO JOY IN YOUR NEW WORLD ORDER."