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1 posted on 12/01/2014 10:59:45 AM PST by stevie_d_64
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. . . but not so much from a totalitarian regime that has duped its citizenry into scapegoating an ethnic group, or claiming that its enemies are the embodiment of evil.

He's talking about obama, right?

43 posted on 12/01/2014 2:34:31 PM PST by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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His main point is an exceptionally good one, except it doesn’t go far enough. Not just black men, but all black adults should carry, and not just openly, but concealed as well. It is their right as well as a very good idea.

And not surprisingly, the worst oppressors of black people, criminal black people, would be severely hindered in oppressing honest black people. Gangsterism would be muted, because honest black people would be able to not tolerate them in their neighborhoods.

However, this being said, there are a lot of errors in what he wrote, and yet, correcting these errors would not undermine his arguments at all.

The first of these were about an armed citizenry vs. a tyrannical government. He suggests that were Germans armed (well, really, the Jews) it wouldn’t have mattered because the German army and police were so powerful.

History says otherwise. When the Nazis decided to purge the Warsaw (Poland) ghetto of Jews, the Jews had fewer than a half dozen guns and little ammo. But they got more, a little bit here and there, and suddenly the “degree of difficulty” of what the Germans tried to do skyrocketed.

Nazi German casualties were soon in the hundreds, and the timetable to clear out the ghetto kept getting extended. The Nazis had to keep pouring reinforcements into the situation, and it turned into a significant military campaign.

Had all the Jews in Germany been armed, German military casualties would have been in the tens of thousands, and Germany would have what amounted to a civil war, that could have severely impacted their economy.

In any event, if black adults of good character want to be armed, they need to do so in a methodical manner. The experience of gun liberty advocates is that it takes time for the public and police to adjust to the idea of gun liberty for anyone. And it will undoubtedly take the public and police to be relaxed around armed black people.

So “normalization” is the key.

I would recommend that armed black adults hook up with gun liberty advocates, and join them in openly carrying in public places. This will help overcome the novelty of the situation. Over time, more armed black adults and fewer armed white adults, as people adjust to the new status quo.

Once an area is used to black people openly carrying, then expand the territory. Make sure the police know what is going on as well. To have them as allies if someone panics over the sight of an armed black person, is golden.

As with other gun liberty, it will take a while, but it is worth the effort to fully exercise your rights.


44 posted on 12/01/2014 4:41:40 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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...even after Darren Wilson's acquittal...

There was no trial, no acquittal.

57 posted on 12/03/2014 12:06:08 AM PST by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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