Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:57 pm
Post 200!!!
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In the case of a corupt sheriff and his corupt local government do you really think there would be a shooting war? There has never been one yet... although I can't be sure. A lot of crooked police and politicians have been removed from power without any civilian ever brandishing a weapon because it was the media, not the NRA.Will Robinson wrote: It's not that the army would suddenly take up positions and we would have to face the tanks with our rifles. It's that a corrupt Sheriff or Mayor can't just bully his way around taking peoples property for himself or locking up any dissidents...
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Just like we pro gunners always say 'the gun doesn't kill people' it is also true that the gun doesn't free the people...
it's the underlying foundation, the principle behind the legality of the citizen to be armed that keeps us safer. Remove that foundation and the house crumbles.
The 2nd ammendment was put in place so local militias could protect their people from government tyranny. The thought process at that time warranted such an ammendment. But today?????? You think the MAIN reason there is no shooting war is because the civilians are armed?. God, your argument is so uncharacteristically weak that I don't believe you're the real Kilarin. Or maybe you're smoking something you shouldn't be. I hope not.Kilarin wrote:It was the primary reason for the 2nd amendment according to Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and James Madison. So I'm in good company.
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And, again, please note, I don't think its LIKELY that we will get into a shooting war with our government. But one of the main reasons I think it's not likely is that we ARE armed.
Because, thank goodness, they did NOT have enough support to take it to open warfare. As I've said before, unless it is a SERIOUSLY supported POPULAR uprising, it SHOULD fail.Bettina wrote:President John F. Kennedy threatened to send in government troops, like he did in Mississippi, and quess what. Gov. Wallace decided to back off and no pro Wallace civilians ever fired a shot... at least not in public view. So, whe didn't they shoot?
ONE of the main reasons that it is not likely to be necessary. Not the ONLY reason.Bettina wrote:You think the MAIN reason there is no shooting war is because the civilians are armed?.
Heh! Not likely. I don't even do caffeine. I DO have a weakness for chocolate, but that's not a controlled substance yet. At least, not controlled by anyone other than my wife.Bettina wrote:Or maybe you're smoking something you shouldn't be. Wink I hope not.
For right now, but right now is a very precarious balance. Lets jump back to your example of Gov. Wallace, because I think he is an EXCELLENT example of why the population needs to be armed. All the way up into the 1950's, lynchings were still occurring in the south. They were REALLY bad in the 30's, and even worse in the 1890's. The whites would bring their kids and throw PICNICS as they watched some poor black man who never had a trial being mutilated, tortured, burned, and eventually, hung. They gathered their families around and took pictures with the bodies. I won't give you links, you can find them if you really WANT to. As for the police and the military, they were white, and they were often in charge of the festivities.Bettina wrote:The government and the civilian population are homogeneous. We are one nation consisting of one people and we will live or die as one. That's my belief.
Of the three men I listed, only Carlos Hathaway was trained as a sniper. Whitman and Oswald, while both having served in the USMC, had no training in shooting other than what basic training offered. Any squirrel hunter or large game hunter could shoot at least as well as Whitman or Oswald.SilverFJ wrote:woodchip,
I think it's fair to say that both of these men learned how to snipe in the Marine Corps, they weren't just some random joes with guns.
No, the 2nd amendment was put in place to specify an inalienable right of the individual citizen to arm himself and the reason mentioned was that it was necessary for the citizen to be armed so that a well regulated militia (read: a pool of already armed volunteers) could be called up in short notice to act against tyranny or all out war.Bet51987 wrote:...
The 2nd ammendment was put in place so local militias could protect their people from government tyranny. The thought process at that time warranted such an ammendment. But today??????...
Bee
Heck, I could take a baseball bat into a mall and kill a whole lot of people. Or even just a knife or a machete. Are you going to outlaw getting really good at kung-fu?Bettina wrote:I'm not taking away your gun. Just your right to own tanks, grenades, assault rifles, and machine guns. The kind that a person can take into a mall or school and kill a lot of people in the shortest time possible because he had a bad day.
Probably because their local history with trying to go against the U.S. Government revealed a lack of success in any given attempt, but at least it WAS tried before:Bettina wrote:President John F. Kennedy threatened to send in government troops, like he did in Mississippi, and quess what. Gov. Wallace decided to back off and no pro Wallace civilians ever fired a shot... at least not in public view. So, whe didn't they shoot?
Well man, while other stuff that happens in the world might very well happen here, we do rest our heads and dust our feet in the greatest nation on Earth, no mistake about that.flip wrote:Bett I see now your an elitist. You think America rocks and there's no other place on earth like it. We are the best. None of the things that happen in the Whole rest of the world Throughout history could ever happen here. We are better than that and those other people.
Ah, forgive me, my entire source for my statement was a few lines in "Full Metal Jacket".woodchip wrote:Of the three men I listed, only Carlos Hathaway was trained as a sniper. Whitman and Oswald, while both having served in the USMC, had no training in shooting other than what basic training offered. Any squirrel hunter or large game hunter could shoot at least as well as Whitman or Oswald.
Sorry, I must have worded that badly, I was using your points to describe MY impression of Bettina's arguments. I in no way meant to infer you thought that way Kilarin.Kilarin wrote:Important clarification here; I wasn't saying that Bettina wasn't paying attention. I was saying that she throws her ideas out into the shark pool to be attacked, just like the rest of us do.Bettina wrote:As Kilarin stated above, it appears to me you don't pay attention to the points of the pro gun arguments.
No apology necessary! I wasn't angry, just clarifying.VonVulcan wrote: I in no way meant to infer you thought that way Kilarin.
Will Robinson wrote:Bet, you keep saying you only want to take away grenades and AK47's etc.
Well the simple truth is those are already illegal and many of the guns you say you wouldn't take away have been targeted by the
anti-gun groups proposed "assault weapon" legislation....
So who's side are you on?
Maybe a better question is which group is on your side even though they don't know you and don't expect anything from you?
Flip, I'm not really an elitist, well maybe a little, but I certainly don't think this country rocks but I want it to. That's whay I argue the way I do. Truth is, I think the U.S. is a very dangerous place to live and guns are the main culprit. I don't have time to get an accurate count of how many homicides in this country were gun related compared to comparable countries but I quickly found out that we are at the top of the list. We should not be. And, when you say "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", I see it as "liberty, pursuit of happiness, at the cost of life". I can think of quite a few countries where I would feel much safer than here.flip wrote:Bett I see now your an elitist. You think America rocks and there's no other place on earth like it. We are the best. None of the things that happen in the Whole rest of the world Throughout history could ever happen here. We are better than that and those other people.
Now I'm not going to do all the research for you, but just look over the last 100 years at all the rest of the world, and see how they've treated each other. Then tell me how we are any different and why we are different.
Then take into account that America is less than 250 years old and there has never been another nation in history FOUNDED on the principals of "life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
So, you're saying that banning military style weapons from the general population would somehow cause this republic to collapse? you make it sound that ALL freedoms would be eliminated if assault rifles were eliminated.How does a place like that continue to exist, when history has proven, that every government that has ever been setup has eventually ended up severely restricting their rights to be an individual and free expression.
First, no one is taking all your guns away and I've made that pretty clear so the founding fathers argument doesn't work for you. Second, I'm sorry you feel my logic has failed. I try to make myself clear but sometimes I either don't, or the people I'm talking too have built a wall that I can't knock down. I know it can be, and it should be, but I'm just not smart enough to do it.Will Robinson wrote: No, the 2nd amendment was put in place to specify an inalienable right of the individual citizen to arm himself and the reason mentioned was that it was necessary for the citizen to be armed so that a well regulated militia (read: a pool of already armed volunteers) could be called up in short notice to act against tyranny or all out war.
You ask "But today??????" as if the fact that advancement in technology would surely now cancel out the intent of the 2nd amendment and I say that your assumption is illogical.
I seriously doubt the founders intended the citizens to surrender their right if the government ever became better equipped than the citizens!
After all, at the time the 2nd amendment was written, they were in the wake of promoting an uprising of under armed citizens fighting against a better equipped government! The exact scenario you want us to believe makes the 2nd amendment useless!!
The 2nd amendment was written to ensure we could always take on that challenge again in the future if necessary!
Your assumptions and logic don't serve your position at all they only serve your emotional response to gun violence.
You suggested the premise that the 2nd amendment once enabled the citizen to fight against a government but with the weapons the government has today it no longer applies...Bet51987 wrote:....
First, no one is taking all your guns away and I've made that pretty clear so the founding fathers argument doesn't work for you....
...which would be, at least for me, the catalyst for a reasonable uprising.Will wrote:The only gun ban that will help would be a complete ban that truly removed all guns.
Thats fine! You've been defending this one almost alone for a long time now, and that gets VERY tiring. I KNOW, I've been there. Take a break.Bettina wrote: I don't see what you see so I think we've reached an impasse. I'm letting you have the last word here.
Grenades have never been legal, AK-47's are fully automatic rifles which were illegal before the assault weapons ban and are still illegal with the exception of people with special permits usually law enforcement types.Bet51987 wrote:...
The assault weapons ban has expired which makes them legal to own and use like the one's that have killed the last six policeman....
Aww, don't give up!Bettina wrote:I don't see what you see so I think we've reached an impasse. I'm letting you have the last word here.
Damn Democrats and its only going to get worse tooBet51987 wrote: but it doesn't matter anyway because the largest terrorist group already owns this country
YES. Maybe not in my lifetime, or even in my children's life but in the not so distant future, as soon as the general population has been disarmed, time has proved countless and innumerable times, that ALL governments eventually oppress their constituents. Just look at the most ancient of cultures still around, China, Iraq, Iran. These have developed into full scale dictatorships in the time they've existed.you make it sound that ALL freedoms would be eliminated if assault rifles were eliminated.
You mean this shooting, that took place the year I was born, in a trying and adverse time? Heh. Where the U.S Government started firing on UNARMED student protesters, killing 4 and wounding nine.The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre,occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
You mean raping women and 12 year old girls was ok with you because owning weapons legally can't make him all that bad?flip wrote:... All the guns the Branch Davidians had bought they bought legally. They had committed no crimes. They were no doubt a bunch of whack jobs who put to much confidence in a real whack job, but, in a land of religious freedom that's ok as long as they all consent. Point is they were law abiding.
Would someone please tell me the truth for once? Ten million? How are they illegal?Will Robinson wrote:Grenades have never been legal, AK-47's are fully automatic rifles which were illegal before the assault weapons ban and are still illegal with the exception of people with special permits usually law enforcement types.Bet51987 wrote:...
The assault weapons ban has expired which makes them legal to own and use like the one's that have killed the last six policeman....
So if the last six cops were killed by AK-47's or grenades then obviously the law doesn't stop criminals and crazy people from using them anyway.....
I'm not giving up but I've been seriously toying with the idea of .com. I like ethics and commentary, I'm 21 now, I can handle myself, and it will give me a better chance of not arguing alone all the time. The frustration here is awful. I have friends that think like I do, but no one here does. I just don't fit in. I've seen no valid argument yet for citizens to own military weapons yet people here convince themselves that it's neccessary to protect ourselves from a possible invasion from our own government. It's stupid.SilverFJ wrote:Aww, don't give up!Bettina wrote:I don't see what you see so I think we've reached an impasse. I'm letting you have the last word here.
What if Obama gave up? He'd make all democrats look bad.
That's the rumor. That's also why there are courts to find out the Truth. Yet I agree, If they were child molesters, its real hard to sympathize. Yet since I've decided to base my thoughts and decisions on things I'm sure of, I've got no reason to believe that or not. All the people there, every last one of them? The molesters and the molestees, all dead. Not even Jim Jones accomplished that. Since there is no way to ask any of them, seeing as every last one of them is dead,You mean raping women and 12 year old girls was ok with you because owning weapons legally can't make him all that bad?
I probably think more like you then I do most of the other posters here.Bet51987 wrote: I'm not giving up but I've been seriously toying with the idea of .com. I like ethics and commentary, I'm 21 now, I can handle myself, and it will give me a better chance of not arguing alone all the time. The frustration here is awful. I have friends that think like I do, but no one here does. I just don't fit in. I've seen no valid argument yet for citizens to own military weapons yet people here convince themselves that it's neccessary to protect ourselves from a possible invasion from our own government. It's stupid.
I haven't learned anything here for a long time.
Bee
Bee, here is the long and the short of it. While I am heartened that you took the time to at least look into assault weapons here is what you missed.Bet51987 wrote:Would someone please tell me the truth for once? Ten million? How are they illegal?Will Robinson wrote:Grenades have never been legal, AK-47's are fully automatic rifles which were illegal before the assault weapons ban and are still illegal with the exception of people with special permits usually law enforcement types.Bet51987 wrote:...
The assault weapons ban has expired which makes them legal to own and use like the one's that have killed the last six policeman....
So if the last six cops were killed by AK-47's or grenades then obviously the law doesn't stop criminals and crazy people from using them anyway.....
http://asymptoticlife.com/2009/03/20/panic-ii.aspx
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How to make it more lethal by changing to to fully automatic.
Bee