The Left is Rallying to Take Your Guns Again

[cow451]

The Founding Fathers had firearms that were matched to that of the British Army.

The AR-15 today, is compatible with my grand daddy's flintlock.

A semi automatic flintlock? Gotta see that.

 

[HARK!]

A semi automatic flintlock? Gotta see that.

No such thing. The standing army, at the time of our founding fathers, were armed with flintlocks.The people met them with flintlocks. Let's get real.

If you believe that the 2nd amendment was written to preserve the flintlock; you're mistaken.

 

[essentialsaltes]

I saw what it meant in CA, after they promised that registration would not lead to confiscation.

They lied.

Tell us more about this.

 

[d taylor]

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Democrats with abortion blood on their hands, really have room to talk about, the killing of children.

 

[Sparagmos]

The Founding Fathers had firearms that were matched to that of the British Army.

The AR-15 today, is compatible with my grand daddy's flintlock.

You think you could stand a chance against the U.S. military? And why would all of those enlisted Americans in the military be fighting you in the first place?

 

[cow451]

No such thing. The standing army, at the time of our founding fathers, were armed with flintlocks.The people met them with flintlocks. Let's get real.

If you believe that the 2nd amendment was written to preserve the flintlock; you're mistaken.

When the British sail a troop carrier and open up with artillery and air strikes you will have a point. The real threat to America is the radical right fascist element in our government masquerading as “patriots”.

 

[LeafByNiggle]

"Before a standing army can rule....." — Noah Webster

"The right of citizens to keep and bear arms....." — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph
"...to disarm the people -...." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 380)

"Americans have the right ..." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)

"The right of the people...." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])

"What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to....." (Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment [ I Annals of Congress at 750 {August 17, 1789}])

"The right of the citizens to..." (Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States; With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States before the Adoption of the Constitution [Boston, 1833])

None of these quotes answer the question of why we are sacrificing over 40,000 lives a year just on the off-chance that we might need our arsenal of privately held guns to overthrow a tyrant. How many tyrants have been overthrown by means of privately-held small arms in any highly developed nation ever in the history of highly-developed nations? It is a fiction. Either the need will not ever arise, or if it does arise, the power of small arms in the hands of the public will be of no use against a tyrant with air power and tanks. In the history of the US Constitution, that particular need has never arisen.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

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Democrats with abortion blood on their hands, really have room to talk about, the killing of children.

Is it the pro life position that kids can keep on dying in their classrooms so people can hang on to this delusion of someday fighting off a tyrannical government gone mad?

Is that what it means to be pro life because I’m not sure why you’re interjecting that subject into this one.

 

[cow451]

None of these quotes answer the question of why we are sacrificing over 40,000 lives a year just on the off-chance that we might need our arsenal of privately held guns to overthrow a tyrant. How many tyrants have been overthrown by means of privately-held small arms in any highly developed nation ever in the history of highly-developed nations? It is a fiction. Either the need will not ever arise, or if it does arise, the power of small arms in the hands of the public will be of no use against a tyrant with air power and tanks. In the history of the US Constitution, that particular need has never arisen.

These are the guys that are going to save America from …. Stuff.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

and yet most gun deaths are not caused by ARS but hand guns.

And I’m sure most car accidents involve sedans but that doesn’t mean motorcycles are safer.

 

[d taylor]

Is it the pro life position that kids can keep on dying in their classrooms so people can hang on to this delusion of someday fighting off a tyrannical government gone mad?

Is that what it means to be pro life because I’m not sure why you’re interjecting that subject into this one.

You want to show where that belief is stated in the pro life position.

Oh why i am posting that self righteous democrats are making a political advancement out of murdering children from both sides of the coin. Oh i just though it need stating, there is still freedom of speech right.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

You want to show where that belief is stated in the pro life position.

Oh why i am posting that self righteous democrats are making a political advancement out of murdering children from both sides of the coin. Oh i just though it need stating, there is still freedom of speech right.

Funny, you don’t seem like a self righteous democrat.

 

[Hans Blaster]

This is the hideous future liberals want.

I'm not sure I like these new general officer uniforms the Army is testing.

 

[HARK!]

You think you could stand a chance against the U.S. military? And why would all of those enlisted Americans in the military be fighting you in the first place?

Can you tell me of on instance in history, where an armed people were overtaken by their own Tyrannical government?

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States" (Noah Webster in `An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution', 1787, a pamphlet aimed at swaying Pennsylvania toward ratification, in Paul Ford, ed., Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, at 56(New York, 1888))

I suppose that if a dictator stepped forward today in the U.S. ;that the military would be split. I suspect that the majority of the armed people would stand with the military that was in opposition to the overthrow of our Republic.

 

[cow451]

And I’m sure most car accidents involve sedans but that doesn’t mean motorcycles are safer.

Helmets are dangerous because when your head hits the pavement it bounces. Without a stupid helmet your head doesn’t bounce when it hits the pavement. Therefore the 2023 Tesla Firebombs are safer.

Firearms are perfectly safe until somebody shoots you.

 

[HARK!]

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Democrats with abortion blood on their hands, really have room to talk about, the killing of children.

The cognitive dissonance is astounding.

 

[cow451]

You want to show where that belief is stated in the pro life position.

Oh why i am posting that self righteous democrats are making a political advancement out of murdering children from both sides of the coin. Oh i just though it need stating, there is still freedom of speech right.

You are on an Internet forum that is moderated, so, no freedom of speech.

 

[d taylor]

You are on an Internet forum that is moderated, so, no freedom of speech.

I forgot the internet is a democratic strong hold, thanks democrats and AL Gore.

 

[HARK!]

None of these quotes answer the question of why we are sacrificing over 40,000 lives a year just on the off-chance that we might need our arsenal of privately held guns to overthrow a tyrant.

See post #15. Do the math.

BTW, guns save more innocent lives then they take in the U.S. Lott proved it. For that matter, in most cases, deadly situations are diffused without a single shot being fired.

 

[Hans Blaster]

The Founding Fathers had firearms that were matched to that of the British Army.

The AR-15 today, is compatible with my grand daddy's flintlock.

1. You're much older than I would have guessed if your granddaddy used a flintlock. My grandma's granddaddy would have liked a Spencer Repeater when Hood's army attacked, but was probably shoving Minne balls down the barrel with a ramrod.

2. I really don't think any parts or ammunition from an AR-15 is compatible with any flintlock.

3. The AR-15 and flintlock are analogous in one sense -- they are both infantry weapons. However, infantry tactics have changed a lot since the days of mass fired volleys at close range a couple times per minute.