An interesting item to think about from http://www.patriotrising.com/2012/04/22/hypothetically-speaking-are-you-ready-to-give-up-your-guns/ Its 6:00 PM on a Wednesday evening. Youve been home from work for a little over an hour. It was a brutal day at the office and you just want to relax for a while before getting some work done around the house before its time to turn in for the night. Your two daughters are in their bedrooms working on homework and studying for the next school day. Your wife, who also works, arrived home shortly after you did and is heating up some leftovers in the microwave. Typical activities for a typical weekday evening. As you are sitting on the couch catching up on the local and national news, there is a knock at the door. You go to see who it is. As you approach the door, you see three police officers standing on your front porch. You open the door and greet the officers and ask how you can be of service. The one standing closest to you greets you formally by using your first and last name. He then proceeds to advise you that due to a recent Executive Order (EO), they have been sent to ask you a few questions about firearms they know you own and, if necessary based on the new EO, confiscate any weapons and ammunition that meet the criteria established by and pursuant to the EO. Assume the local officials have the manpower resources to actually conduct door to door search and seizure. How do you respond and what do you do? Are you prepared for such an event?
I don't own any guns, so I could really care less what they do. let them come and knock on my door all they want. lol
What would I do? Vote Democratic. If this were to happen you can be sure it will be the same people who bought you the Patriot Act, warrentless wiretaps, and rendition.
LOL, when seconds count, the police are minutes away! Police have no duty, determined by the courts, to protect you. They come around after the fact and take notes. You are your first, best, and sometimes only defense.
That only makes sense if the police are on every pouch and street corner protecting you from all threats. Until then, a little personal responsibility in the form of a privately owned firearm is ideal.
Hoosier8, we all have to die someday. You die and all your problems are over; no taxes to worry about, no more politics to agonize over, no mortgage bills to pay, etc. So when it happens there's not much you can do to stop it. And as you get older you don't care so much anymore. So I'm not gonna sweat about not having a gun.
I have never needed a gun, seat belt, or fire extinguisher. Should I stop possessing them? Yes or no.
This is simply asinine. So just curl up in a ball and take it because you have convinced yourself you can do nothing to prevent or stop a violent act against your person?
If you don't feel the need for them, then the prudent thing would be to get rid of them, except seat belts are law in most states i think so you might not be able to rid yourself of that.
Wolverine, I have no plans to curl up into a ball. On the other hand if an act of violence were to occur, I'd call the police; I seem to have more faith in them then many people in here. I could arm myself with a glock, walk downtown and have someone come up to me from behind, aim at the back of my head and pull the trigger. That glock isn't going to do me much good at that point. I'm dead and there's not much i can do about it, so why worry about what might be??? I don't think that's asinine, I think its being realistic.
Simply asinine. There are any number of situations that you can come up with where the possession of a firearms would do little or no good, while purposefully ignoring any number of situations where it would make a difference.
National gun confiscations have been a fact in Leftist countries like Britain, Australia and Canada. In the US of late, this happened during Hurricane Katrina when the communist mayor of New Orleans at the time ordered the police to grab all private weapons. Mayor Nagin's revolutionary goal was to disarm the burgosie who might harm his proletariat political base in the course of their looting spree. As for the actions of some of his disenfranchised own, such as the convicted felon who was using a gun he shouldn't have had to shoot at a Coast Guard helicopter, there were few convictions. After pressure by the NRA and other proper civil rights authorities, the New Orleans police commisoner finally returned most the confiscated arms, many in a state of rust. The US would have to be in a state of chaos before any EO to grab guns would be submitted. By that time, people won't be inviting the police inside. [video=youtube;taU9d26wT4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taU9d26wT4[/video]
No, its not simply "perhaps". It is a fact. The situation you cited was intentionally made to be hopeless. How can a gun be used to prevent that? It can't. What if I can barreling off a edge of a cliff and explode in a ball of fire? Can I use that argument to deny the benefits of wearing a seat belt? No, that would simply be asinine. You see, I can just as easily come up with a situation on the opposite end of the stick. Someone breaks into your house, you lock yourself in the bedroom and are on the phone with 911. They begin kicking down your door? Where are the police now? Several minutes away and the threat is presenting itself now. How are you going to deal with the threat now? Tell the threat to back off for a few minutes for the police arrive? Or just resign yourself to the fact that when its your time its your time and there is no use in preventing it? Why not just sky dive without a parachute? I for one choose to take the personal responsibility and possess the tools necessary to prevent violent acts against my person now. This woman should have just resigned herself to the fact that it was her time to die and done nothing to defend herself. Using a firearm in self-defense was obviously a mistake. [video=youtube;ExC7fE1LaY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExC7fE1LaY[/video] Of course, this woman sounds rather frightened as she is raped. But this is obviously the better route is it not? Yelling for help? Totally helpless as you wait for the police? Sounds totally reasonable. [video=youtube;Jd3vWsa4ags]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3vWsa4ags[/video] Remember to exercise and display the fetal position. Because displaying this before a double tap would be totally inappropriate and in defiance of your frighteningly retarded view of fate.
The question is not about "gun control" which you favor as much as any Democrat. The question is about an illegal act to forcibly confiscate guns. Probably defended by some claim of national security or terrorist threat. Now who is it that violates our rights based on those claims?
Statistically speaking. If you own a firearm and it kills someone, the dead person is, in order of probability.... Your spouse Your child You Your neighbor Your friend A crime victim (because the gun was stolen or sold) Your pet A criminal in self defense. If you want to carry a gun, have at it. But don't confuse paranoia with need.
