Open Letter To Liberals Favoring Gun Confiscation

LizMichael.com ^ | 3 August 2001 | Liz Michael

[clamper1797]

I don't that there will be many left for the cattle cars ......

[clamper1797]

I don't THINK that there will be many left for the cattle cars ......

[copycat]

Further food for thought: what will many uncommitted people do when they see the "nutty" predictions of the most pro-gun people coming true (i.e. the imposition of a police state)? The answer is lots of passive support, and lots of passive resistance to the government, and possibly some volunteers to the side of the hypothetical rebels.

I agree. I had no firearms until Y2K and the potential for civil unrest opened my eyes. I have relayed what I have learned to many people, and it seems many of them would be willing to fight for America if it came to that.

[Tailback]

That just might be the argument that give the dumba** liberals a clue as to what gun control (confiscation) really results in.

[FreedomPoster]

Bump; this is an interesting one.

[Ancesthntr]

Going to rallies, donating time and money is ridiculously easy. Why should anyone believe the people on the sidelines will do anything when it's difficult?

Most won't, but some will. The entire point of my response was that an effective resistance movement anywhere in the world doesn't need a large part of the population actively participating to have the desired effect. Such a movement only needs a relatively few who are truly dedicated. Ask the British - they found out the hard way. So did we in Vietnam, and the Russians in Afghanistan. No government can impose its will on an armed populace that doesn't want to live life on its knees.

[Shooter 2.5]

"Most won't, but some will."

What happens in that sort of conflict is that a very small group starts a ruckus and the heavy handed methods of the government pushes the rest into the fight. I have a very poor crystal ball. It doesn't work very well so I can't see what this country can do to resolve this conflict. I'm just happy to take the easy way out. Voting, rallies and donating time and money to the causes I believe in, mainly the Second Amendment.

[rockfish59]

yoo hoooooo.....
mr. & mrs. liberal.....
here's my firearms.....
dare you to take one!

[Travis McGee]

Thanks for the ping.

[Travis McGee]

Perhaps. But in 2002 you can forget about bands of guerrillas hiding out in the forests, that is fantasy land. Guerrillas in the forests will last as long as tanks in the open desert. The only type of resistance which can succeed is the solo operator who tells no one his plan, leaves at midnight and is back before dawn. Groups will just not last, forget it.

[Shooter 2.5]

You are correct. You have mentioned the argument that's my son's favorite. He never discusses guns. His debates center around property rights.

[LibTeeth]

From the article: Now, the Weimar Republic is not a direct comparison to today's United States.

An entire book addresses this assertion quite authoritatively. It is "The Ominous Parallels" by Leonard Peikoff, written in the early 80s. We're even closer to the Weimar experience today than when the book was written. When we are conned, scared, or forced into giving up the bulk of civilian held arms, we'll find out pretty quick that sometimes two parallel lines can indeed cross.

[StriperSniper]

BANG!

[UnChained]

People are at the brink and it if something doesnt change soon, change will be forced.

I wonder...

It's already much worse than it was at the time of the Revolution and things seem pretty stable to me.

As long as the people have bread and circuses, they are content.

Our modern equivalent is beer and cable tv. As long as the changes are gradual and we are well fed and entertained who wants to rock the boat.

My main fear is not that our government will become murderously tyranical, but that a subsequent HRC administration will invite the Red Chinese to fill a few container ships and show up to occupy the United States. Most Americans would watch the news coverage of the takeover of the US until they are bored and then ask "What else is on?"

[oldtimer]

I read Leon Uris Milla 18 recently, and am still having nightmares about the sheeple Jews in the ghetto complying with one after another Nazi directive, as they were starving, then hauled off for "deportation" to the camps.

They stayed until they were cooked, over 600,000 of them, and when it got down to the end, there was a fight, but it was too late.

I thank God that GWB is POTUS, and that we are rid of the slicktigula.

My question to everybody is WHY DON'T EVEN THE LIBS/RATS LEARN FROM HISTORY.

[motor_racer]

Of course the answer to all this is MONEY confiscation! By free people FROM the thieving government. Stop feeding the monster. Liberals should, from this post, understand they are the weakest among us. Stop feeding the monster.