[Always A Marine]

Amen.

[Joe Brower]

[steve50]

They got a new hand gun registration law ready for us, HR 124. 15 years with no suspension or probation, for failing to comply. Will conservatives allow the UN gun control laws to come to America?

[JohnGalt]

The trillion dollar central intelligence could not stop 19 barely literate Arabs from pulling off one of the great criminal conspiracies of all time, and yet there was not one high level resignation. The government has left its people unarmed and ill-prepared for an invasion that allegedly necessitated and justified its existence, but its clear the barbarians have already entered the gates.

Worse, the same 'conservatives' who got us into this mess in the Middle East, Perle, Wolfowitz, Rummy, Cheney, Baker, Bush, Sr., refused to acknowledge that a government policy of interventionism abroad cannot coexist with a disarmed public, and yet the ruling party is still in power, claiming no responsibly for the situation we have found ourselves in.

LaPierre is on the right track, but he must complete the thought. The same teachers and jocks who ran for their lives in the halls of Columbine rather than tackle two scrawny teenagers wielding cumbersome shotguns, were on the airplanes hoping it was just a 'hijacking.' But there is hope, as seen on Flight 93, with a new set of names to be added to the lexicon of heroes.

Conservatives had and still have an opportunity to tap into this raw emotion that longs for a culture that did not wait for the government to do something a thousand miles away in a the Middle East, but heralded the individual bravery and courage of the 'common man' be it on the frontier in the Wild West or on an airplane over Pennsylvania. The barbarians had not counted on this.

The gun culture introduced me to one of the greatest of historical observations: the Nazi victims being led to their death by guards with unloaded weapons (open bolts.) After years of being browbeaten and disarmed by the government, they lacked the will to fight back.

[Ken H]

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Believe it or not, several folks on this forum do not believe that this means citizens have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

[Shooter 2.5]

Time for a little history lesson.

It's been repeated in history books and other places that Militia groups are useless during wartime. Here's where the discrepency occurs. The Civil War Re-enactment group that I belonged to for over ten years was based on the Chicago Light Artillery. The original group started in the 1850's as a militia group and practiced on their own without governmental interference. When the Civil War broke out, the unit was federalized and assigned to go down to Shiloh with Grant's army. During the battle they never lost a gun and was praised for their contribution. During the war, militia groups were still intact but they were used as rear guard and composed of veterans who were mustered out because of wounds, the elderly and younger participants.

In short, during peacetime, militia groups were the backbone of the trained volunteers. During the actual wars, the militia groups were then federalized and the home guard militias were composed of the volunteers who were unable to be Regulars.

[Renatus]

I just have a 22 rifle; but I have 10,000 rounds of ammo with lots of clips. Might be able to do a little damage if I have to. Better to have this than nothing.

[Paulus Invictus]

What do you recommend for an automatic pistol in terms of caliber and number of rounds in the magazine? I have a Brazilian 32 cal revolver, but it is not a deadly weapon acording to most experts.

[Jeff Head]

I agree, and wrote about this same topic some time ago, during the belt-way sniper incident.

ARM THE PEOPLE - NOW

Best Fregards.

Jeff

[biblewonk]

Is La Piere french!!??