posted January 26, 2013 11:07 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
It's a progressive plot. You gradually chip away at rights. Obama would make all private ownership of guns illegal in one fell swoop if he could.

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Yes, frog in the boiling water. You don't make boiled frog, all at once. The dumb frog would jump out

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posted January 27, 2013 05:17 PM            

And that would just disarm the people who own them legally.

I've gone shooting with my dad at the gun range. Want to own a gun myself. Had to wait for my tax return money to finally come, before buying one. And a week after that the school shooting happened. Now some people want every legal gun owner to be punished for it. Really p!ssing me off.

When I finally get one I don't plan on getting the biggest baddest gun. But just because the biggest baddest guns don't apply to me, mean I think other people's rights should be taken away.

Tyranny and street thugs, that's why. Even if you think the people running the country have the best intentions right now...it could be possible for someone to weasel his/her way into office years down the road strip away our rights. And behave like a dictator.

The people can stand up for their rights peacefully at fist with petitions, protests, phone calls to their representatives.

But if that doesn't work...and if our government becomes corrupt and starts harming honest people. Then people can use their guns to fight off a big bad government.

I know that may sound radical. But better safe than sorry.

I believe that our founding fathers knew that in the future the power would go to some peoples heads. And that is the peoples last resort for putting a corrupt government in check.

posted January 27, 2013 06:14 PM            

If I had serious money to burn I'd buy an AR-15 one day, strictly for sentimental reasons. But I'd get many other guns first, including those present in the Old West (I've always been meaning to start going to Cowboy Action Shoots, and I'd LOVE to have at least one authentic gun of the period in mint condition, which would cost a pretty penny), and if it becomes illegal to get an AR-15 in the meantime I'm not going to shed any tears over it, nor would I go to the black market for one (though I'm confident I could if I wanted to).

But I understand the fears. All too often, countries that went after assault rifles went after all other guns next, that is it inspires a slippery slope even though it shouldn't (and as a result gun owners tend to "hang together so we don't hang a part"). That makes me glad there's such resistance to it, if they do get banned but the banners feel utterly exhausted as if they took away a bunch of people's teeth instead of assault rifles then they're a lot less likely to take it even further.

And for more on why people fear it:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/innocents-betrayed/

posted January 27, 2013 06:29 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
It's a progressive plot. You gradually chip away at rights. Obama would make all private ownership of guns illegal in one fell swoop if he could.

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posted January 27, 2013 06:51 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
they just want to outlaw "assault rifles", i dont see whats soo hard to understand about that... if the bill passes there will still be tons of different guns that are legal. you can use pistols for self defense or even a 22 rifle, assault rifles are not a defensive weapon they are an offensive weapon, they are specifically designed to kill lots of ppl..... you dont need an ak47,m16,or a tommy gun to go hunting or for self defense.... also i want to know how many people actually have an assault rifle to begin with, i'd wager not many, so whats the big deal....

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one step at a time. Obama et al wants a disarmed populace. I am glad to see what a hard time he is having in doing it. Some small satisfaction

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posted January 28, 2013 01:40 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
one step at a time. Obama et al wants a disarmed populace. I am glad to see what a hard time he is having in doing it. Some small satisfaction

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posted January 28, 2013 01:43 AM            

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Originally posted by mercuranian:
this method of gradually stripping us of our rights didn't start with obama not in any way defending him, just sayin'.

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posted January 28, 2013 07:22 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
ok , at this point those are just rumors.... if (and thats a big if) he ever does try to outlaw guns alltogether then we need to complain and raise cane, but that hasnt happened, so theres no use stirring up fear and negativity over something that probably wont happen.

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This is how they take our freedoms. Now, they have limited bullets. That is a big power grab. They want NO guns, Sweetie.

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posted January 28, 2013 07:23 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I see banning them as treating a symptom instead of the disease itself.

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I guess the ultimate question is, what's the point in banning them? Does the government really want to protect schoolchildren or is that just an excuse to gradually disarm the people and dismember the Constitution even more? And once the people are disarmed, police state oppression and violence usually begin in earnest. So when the politicians say they are trying to protect the children, that of course is propaganda.

If they really cared, they would openly hold Big Pharma accountable for its role in screwing up the minds of so many of these school shooters.

They would look at the whole education system to see why it is so emotionally unhealthy for so many children.

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All too often, countries that went after assault rifles went after all other guns next... That makes me glad there's such resistance to it...

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posted January 28, 2013 07:26 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
i personally think most of the hatred directed at him is cloaked racism.

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Maybe some of the hatred is cloaked racism, but the legitimate criticism is not.

posted January 28, 2013 02:30 PM            

Why should I have to be limited to someone else's choice of gun?

The ones I want include the H&K MP7 PDW, the MP5/10, the IMI Uzi, the FN Herstal P90, the ST Kinetics SAR-21, the IMI Tavor TAR-21, the Colt M4 and the H&K G36.

It's like the government telling me that I can only drive Chevy or Ford. Those are the only choices.

posted January 28, 2013 07:29 PM            

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Originally posted by mercuranian:
this method of gradually stripping us of our rights didn't start with obama not in any way defending him, just sayin'.

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posted January 28, 2013 10:01 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
all i'm saying is we dont have any proof that obama wants to take away all guns, thats just an assumption... assault weapons were outlawed from 1994-2004, did we lose all our freedoms during that time? no... were all guns eventually outlawed? no.... so why are things any different now?

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We lost a lot of freedoms with the passing of the Patriot Act and all the post-911 reforms (TSA, DHS, expansion of power via Executive Order, etc.)

posted January 28, 2013 11:45 PM            

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We lost a lot of freedoms with the passing of the Patriot Act and all the post-911 reforms (TSA, DHS, expansion of power via Executive Order, etc.)

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Technically speaking, most conservatives supported that. When I spoke out against that at a gun range the conservatives called me a terrorist-loving socialist. I've seen a conservative country singer on TV tell a cheering crowd that he supported the TSA as he was patriotic. It was only after Obama got elected that they had second thoughts, and even then they often accuse him of being soft on terrorists and acting like he's going to carry out his false promise of getting rid of those infringements on liberty.

posted January 29, 2013 10:53 PM            

i can think of all kinds of reasons for wanting to regulate guns, and a lot of americans are calling for just such a remedy. are they also deluded that they are kings? i doubt it.

posted January 30, 2013 12:07 AM            

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Originally posted by katatonic:
how many valiant citizens were at that special ops exercise in houston defending their homeground yesterday? what would have happened if they had tried?

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Let's see, real bullets vs. those in body armor but probably using blanks, the unit would likely hole up and call for the cavalry while some Texans kept them cornered and waited for the police to show up. Something similar to that actually happened about a century ago (with cops & soldiers shooting each other), which was exciting to say the least though the city has tried very hard to forget that scandal. But in this case I think many emergency phone calls would be made and the sitch quickly resolved peacefully if with a lot of tension (not counting the initial confrontation of course).

And being Texas the entire state (generally speaking) would become excited, especially the rural regions, who liked the idea of secession even before Obama. The paper that my hometown gets has even been pushing for secession since Obama won the reelection. Of course the Texan politicians would love to grandstand on it. Obama would call for cooler heads to prevail while the incident was investigated thoroughly to see what went wrong and the media would have a field day and pretty soon it would be a federal circus with several other states (especially in the South, but also states like Arizona & Idaho) making noises in support of Texas with a real media circus (including agitated pundits) going on.

After that it would blow over once the media got bored with it, OR some hotheads would try to escalate the sitch which could become a major chapter in American history or, more likely, be disavowed by most others who want to beat their chests but not actually lose their jobs and otherwise face real risks (I think they're called sunshine patriots), because what we all pretty much know deep down is it's not what's happening that's bothering people, it's that Obama's in the White House (and if it were a Republican who was almost the same as Obama then many who support Obama would condemn the Republican while many who condemn Obama would support the Republican, because it's not what you do that matters with most people, but which political party you belong to when you do it, and Obama is even more hated than Clinton was by the more extreme conservatives), and a little patience is all that's needed for that sitch to correct itself.

A complicating factor would be if any soldiers were killed by Texans and the "minute men" were tried in a federal court (a Texas jury would almost certainly clear them of any wrong doing). That would aggravate the sitch. But with the body armor of soldiers who would still be intimidating even with blanks it's entirely possible they wouldn't have any serious casualties (please don't mistake the movies of dramatic, larger than life battles leaving a wake of bodies for real life). And if the soldiers switched to live ammo and killed the "minute men" then I doubt much would come of it (though it would reboot the militia movement) as our government has gotten away with that crap for a long time now.