Posted on 08/30/2002 9:17:50 AM PDT by patriot93
Why is it your business how many rounds of ammunition I keep in my home?
To: illbenice; Red Jones
"...Personally, I don't give a sh** what you've got in your house, but if you've got enough firepower to outfit a platoon in there, you're not an "ordinary citizen".
# 24 by wimpycat
That's true, wimpycat.
Someone who has that much firepower is no ordinary citizen. They are extraordinary citizens, worthy of our respect and admiration.
We also owe those citizens our gratitude. They take their duty seriously, and they're the ones who will be carrying the weight those of us less responsible if the militia is ever called up.
To: wimpycat
The Federal government is entirely out of bounds being involved in this matter. Where in the Constitution are the Feds given the power to regulate ownership of firearms?
# 25 by Wallace T.
No government has the power to deny citizens the right of self-protection.
Neither Federal, State, nor even Local government can tell a man to stand and watch his family or neighbors be threatened or abused.
There's really not a lot to have an opinion about. A man committed a crime, was charged with it, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced. By the will of God he will emerge from his punishment a wiser and kinder gentleman without the foul, hateful spirit that once plagued him.
Another government shill rushes in...
Whar? Git the rope, Pitty!
but if you've got enough firepower to outfit a platoon in there, you're not an "ordinary citizen".
To: wimpycat
What do you stockpile, Wimpy, toilet paper, canned food, motor fuel? I keep over a thousand galons of gas and diesel, I have not conducted an inventory but keep several rounds of ammunition and considerable reloading supplies. In winter, I am prone to keep more food than some. I am not so different from the farmer down the road from me but I ask, who made you the decider of what an "ordinary citizen" is like? You sound like a damn NAZI.
# 26 by Lion Den Dan
You are a good man, Lion Den Dan. You know what your family requires, and you took action to make sure that your responsibilities would be met.
I would be proud to call you neighbor. I thank you, and the hundreds of thousands like you, who recognize the need to be prepared. You actually take personal responsibility to insure that your family and friends will survive.
You are as much a Hero to me as the firemen and police who responded to the World Trade Center disaster. Like them, you saw a job that needed to be done, and you did it.
How telling. While we applaud the prospect of Dan surviving, perhaps he and his family can use the Constitution as toilet paper in their post-civilization lives.
I'm an ordinary citizen, and I have over 25 firearms and well over 75,000 rounds of ammunition. When I used to compete regularly with the IPSC and DCM, it was not unusual for me to order 6 months of practice and competition ammo, and that would usually be in the order of 40,000 pistol and 15,000 rifle rounds. And that was for a mere 6 months at a time!
Please do not try to define what 'normal' is, lest we start deciding what is 'normal' for you to do.
Not pipe bombs. But lots of ordinary citizens have 35,000 rounds of ammunition.
Please stop trying to link a felony (possession of a explosive device) with a right (possession of ammunition).
"...Those who cheer puckett's demise are just getting on the bandwagon of evil just like some germans did in the 1930's..."
To: Red Jones "Just a reminder; U.S. gun laws are based on Nazi gun confiscation laws..."
The Patriot Act is the beginning of the end for our freedom.
And we can thank the Republican Party for the Patriot Act. Every vote for a Republican says that the socialist policies of the Republican Party has your support.
I am not a socialist, and I won't vote for one. I'll vote 3d party. I will accept nothing less than a conservative.
To: Lion Den Dan
I thank you, and the hundreds of thousands like you, who recognize the need to be prepared. You actually take personal responsibility to insure that your family and friends will survive.
To: exodus
How telling. While we applaud the prospect of Dan surviving, perhaps he and his family can use the Constitution as toilet paper in their post-civilization lives.
# 47 by Cultural Jihad
Yes, how telling that a man who exercises his Constitutionally protected rights is demonized by a socialist.
Civilization cannot survive without laws, Cultural Jihad. Our laws are based upon the Constitution. The Constitution doesn't protect our rights from foreign infringement, it protects our rights from OUR OWN government.
Charles Puckett broke no laws. The government had no authority to interfere with his life. It was a usurpation of power, an act of tyranny.
Get a grip. Charles Puckett pleaded guilty to his crimes. Firearms are for sane and responsible citizens only, not for ideologue loonies such as the militia nutcase types.
To: carenot; wimpycat; one_particular_harbour
There's really not a lot to have an opinion about. A man committed a crime, was charged with it, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced. By the will of God he will emerge from his punishment a wiser and kinder gentleman without the foul, hateful spirit that once plagued him.
# 43 by Cultural Jihad
Puckett was charged, illegally, with violations of law. He was forced to plead guilty. A forced confession IS NOT evidence of wrongdoing.
Charles Puckett broke no laws. He is a good man. He had no "hateful" spirit, other than the ones who demonized him for performing his duty.
I wonder why none of the founding fathers had any problems with felons who paid their sentence, regaining all their constitutional rights after release?
In 1789, I believe most convicted felons would have been unable to own firearms after sentence was carried out. Of course, they would have been unable to own much of anything else, other than perhaps a small plot and a tombstone. Unfortunately, the notion of "felony" has been watered down quite a bit since then...
Neat. So now, in Cultural Jihad's mind, there is even an ideological test for firearms possession.
Boy, are the liberals going to LOVE you when you drift just a smidge to the left and become a full-fledged liberal.
Charles Puckett broke no laws. The government had no authority to interfere with his life. It was a usurpation of power, an act of tyranny.
To: exodus
Get a grip. Charles Puckett pleaded guilty to his crimes. Firearms are for sane and responsible citizens only, not for ideologue loonies such as the militia nutcase types.
# 53 by Cultural Jihad
Firearms are for ALL citizens, Cultural Jihad.
No exceptions, barring imprisonment.
And, Cultural Jihad, a forced confession is not evidence of guilt, and the militia are NOT nutcases.
Ah, yes. There's that ubiquitous force. Charles had no choice. He had no free will. He was a zombie. He was not responsible for his own plea. They made him plead guilty. They tortured him into confessing. The old bamboo shoots under the fingernails ploy. Drug dealers are somehow forced to market drugs because of the law. Robbers are somehow forced to pull a gun on convenience store clerks because all of society is oppressing them somehow. Women are somehow forced into back alley abortions against their will. People are no longer responsible for their own actions, and no longer are willing to accept the consequences of their convictions. It's all society's fault that anyone is a criminal, or poor, or uneducated, or hopeless and helpless. Personally, I think a lot of people are tired of these whiney liberal excuses and cop-outs.
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