[harpseal]

An oldie but a goodie many more recent members of Free Republic may wish to peruse the comments on threads III, II, and I Each thread links to the prior thread.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[harpseal]

C. H.

You have linked to this essay on other sites so I thought you might enjoy seeing what Freepers have had to say on the subject.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[M Kehoe]

I've bumped this thread for years.

5.56mm

[ctdonath2]

Consider that last year there were more than 14 million Americans who bought licenses to hunt deer in the country. 14 million-- that's a number greater than the largest five professional armies in the world combined. Consider also that those deer hunters are not only armed, but they own items of military utility-- everything from camouflage clothing to infrared "game finders", Global Positioning System devices and night vision scopes.

That's one of my favorite statistics!

Apparently a Japanese leader in WWII said Japan would not attempt to attack the USA mainland "because there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

[phasma proeliator]

Excellent read!

thanks to Harpseal for posting.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Question: What good can a handgun do against an Army?

Answer: A lot more than not having a handgun.

I'd rather die fighting than die from being shot in the back...

[Southack]

What good can a handgun do against an Army?

For one (of many reasons), it can keep the political leaders in enough fear of their citizenry that they refrain from angering said citizens.

In other words, a handgun doesn't even have to be against the Army per se (just their political leaders), to have military value.

For another, 80 million handguns represent an aggregate force that armies of smaller than 40 million soldiers must account for.

Handguns in the civilian population can also be readily concealed. Thus, said handguns represent a method to extend the front-line of any war to every physical location where civilians reside. An army facing civilian handguns must therefor be wary of an easy over-extention of its forces, as the battlefield area can be expanded geometrically by such weapons.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thanks for posting this!
Going to bookmark it right now.

[stlrocket]

They say a Picture is worth a thousand words. This one not only proves it, but graphicly depicts this argument as well.

WHEN ONLY THE GOVERNMENT HAS GUNS

[CapandBall]

[lowbridge]

bump

[B. A. Conservative]

We could use your input on this thread

[Dead Dog]

It is interesting to consider that totalitarianism, whether Nazi, Communist, Fascist, or Democrat all require the harnessing of others labor. In no small way, to enslave as many as possible.

This put them at a serious disadvantage in armed conflict. They cannot be successful unless their adversaries live. Conversly, those living in a free market society could care less if, and in fact would prefer that the would be oppressors become extinct.

The soviets banked on winning the "inevitable" NBC war against us by nuclear blackmail and or a decapitating strike. However, with 2 firearm per a conservative figure of 120 Million survivors they truly were looking at long odds. Especially when faced with a country able and willing to retaliate, and with no need for a single Soviet survivor.

Tyrants need survivors, the free have no use for surviving tyrants.

So, they infiltrated the DNC, our schools, our press, our legal system, and even our churches. They are forced to rely on a democraticlly elected tyrant. 51% to take the wealth of 49%

[stevio]

When someone asks me; What can you do against a tank? I say, "They have to get out sometime."

[mv1]

SUBJECT: What good can a handgun do against an Army?

Well if some lunatic would take a handgun and resist the U.S. maybe they would report back, I doubt it though.

Too many cheap action novels and thrillers and supposedly adults still buy into their never-neverland fantasies of citizens overthrowing a government by force.
Not in this day and age.

[Jeff Gordon]

No one ever NEEDs a gun.....
until they need it,
then they REALLY need it.

[backhoe]

I know you have seen these, but for those who haven't:

Visit- and consider supporting- these fine sites-

-Keepandbeararms--New & Agressive

-JPFO--Our Jewish Friends

-TheFiringLine--Tech info, good forum

-New Home of the TRT!

-The Second Amendment Sisters

-Women Against Gun Control--

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-Gunfacts--Ammo for the War of Words-hosted by one of FreeRepublic's own--

-http://www.liberty-belles.org--

SUSSA

Statistical Facts Gun-haters Run From

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And just FYI---

-Empty-Barrel Gun Policies-A legacy of nonsense from Clinton, Blair, and the Left--

-A Problem With Guns (Long... but SOOOO good)--

Shooting More Holes in Gun Control

Gun Control Down Under

HCI Aussie Style (read it and weep-or laugh)

The Great Australian Gun Law CON!

British Gun Crime Soars

Gun Crimes Surge in London

There is a book that all concerned citizens needs to get, and share with family and friends. Pray you never need to use the knowledge, but if such a time comes, it will be too late to get the book:

"Total Resistance" by von Dach Bern ( 5th printing Feb. 1981 by Paladin Press ) ISBN # 0-87364-021-7

I've been told this book can be found at:

-Paladin Press--

and possibly here:

-Delta Press--

Another "must read:"

Civil War Two
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will shatter imperial America into new, ethnically-based nations. My book ...
Description: Examines signs of the coming Yugoslav-style civil war that will shatter the United States into new,...

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Leaderless Resistance by Louis Beam
Breakthrough Texts Leaderless Resistance An Essay by Louis
Beam "Leaderless Resistance" -- Part One. ...

[usadave]

What good can a handgun do against an Army?

If you are trying to repel the advancement of an invading army, you as an individual citizen would not be facing off against the entire army inclusive of every soldier. The invading army would not be moving as a large block of soldiers shoulder to shoulder in lines and rows. In other words, as an individual with your gun in hand, you may only have to deal with one or two soldiers in your immediate vicinity. Also, when a sizable number of gun-wielding citizens converge to repel an invading army, they will have formed their own army. Then you would have one army pitted against another army.

[dcwusmc]

Marvelous post. Quite succinct and very useful! Thanks.

[Doomonyou]

Thanks for the post. This bad boy is bookmarked.

[tubebender]

The time is late. Those who once has trouble reading the hour on their watches have no trouble seeing by the glare of the fire at Waco. Few of us realized at the time that the Constitution was burning right along with the Davidians. Now we know better.

I will never forget when my wife called me to see the assault on my fellow Americans and the horrific churning of my body as I watched men women and children consummed by fire forced on them by our own government. In my mind this was far more insidious than 9/11/01.

BTW..on a thread last week was a link to a UC law school by 5 law Profs. What stood out was their acknowledgement of the necessity to the 2nd amendment to defend liberty from tryants within.