Posted on 10/11/2002 12:12:48 PM PDT by dead
Believe it or not, this one’s from one of Cuba’s non-imprisoned political commentators:
Stalin himself couldn’t have rousted his propagandists faster than these mono-thought “artists” have swung into action. This one’s gonna be rough.
The problem with letting the fairies hide under their beds is that they're all trying to get the government to force us to join them.
Good luck with that plan, wusses.
But when his oh-so-wise trite platitudes are challenged, he simply tucks his tail between his legs and torricellis away.
Well, we've been predicting this for some time now, and it's now happening. Amazing how this coincides with the anti-.50 cal hysteria, the impending sunset of the '94 Crime Bill's restrictions, and even a possible ban on all "hunting ammo" in Los Angeles, isn't it? I'm not saying this is somehow orchestrated by the left (even I don't think they'd stoop to that level to push their tyranny through), but damn if they're not going to ride this wave for all it's worth.
That said, I'd almost be willing to let Congress pass all the stupid, wacko gun bans they want...provided they make the likes of Michael Moore, Rosie, Sarah Brady, the multitude of Hollyweird types, and Chuckie Schumer knock on doors and try to collect the newly-banned firearms. Let 'em put their money where their big, fat, festering, slimy mouths are. You want 'em ? Come get 'em...
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
the sniper's target obviously can't stop the attack. The point is that an armed citizen nearby may stop the sniper after the rifle goes "boom" and the sniper is trying to escape. Sooner or later the sniper's escape route is going to cross the path of a bird watcher or landscaper or surveyor etc.
The BEST WAY we can fight these losers is to TAKE BACK THE SENATE IN NOVEMBER, then we can light some real fires under their asses.
In any given instance they might or might not. But as a matter of probabilities the existence of an armed populace raises the ante enought to be a significant deterrent.
It is just like seat belts. In a particular accident they might or might not save your life. There are rare incidents where they are actually harmful. But when you look at a large number of accidents seat belts are very effective in preventing injury.
Why the general populace and the media can understand this principle when applied in some areas, but refuses to accept reality in other areas is a mystery to me.
The following might be expected, for one:
***...Police report that the sniper was possibly wounded, and fled the scene in a white van with two flat tires, a shot-away front windshiled, and several dozen bullet holes of several sizes in the passenger side of the vehicle....***
Indeed, it may not be possible to prevent a sniper who is willing to give his life in the attempt from making a first-shot kill among an armed populace. There have been several such instances of such in the urban terrorism taking place in Israel. But in such instances, the citizenry can actively assist each other in containing such a creature until better trained and equipped police or military forces can arrive in number to deal with the remainder of the problem- and the same sniper is far less likely to make successful repeat or subsequent attempts.
That's not at all to say that the Israelis can or have been successful every time; they lost 21 killed in one horrible day last spring, with ten soldiers killed in one shooting episode with one very skillful or very lucky enemy sniper. But whether these in the Washington area are terrorist-directed shootings or not, the terrorists are certainly noting their effectiveness and will follow them up, whether with more such shootings, suicide bombings in crowds such as Israel has seen, or whatever other methods they think will work best.
A bit far fetched, but it'd sure be sweet to see. The anti-gunners would be so PO'd.
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