I was six-years-old when Daddy sat me down. He said: “Son, there comes a time in every man’s life when he stops bustin’ knuckles and starts bustin’ caps and usually it’s when he becomes too old to take a whopping.”
I don’t own a gun to kill people; I own a gun to keep from being killed.
I don’t own a gun because I’m evil. I own a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don’t own a gun because I hate the government. I own a gun because I understand the limitations of my government.
I don’t own a gun because I’m angry. I own a gun so that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared if I needed one.
I don’t own a gun because I want to shoot someone. I own a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.”
I don’t own a gun to make me feel like a man. I own a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I don’t own a gun because I feel inadequate. I own a gun because unarmed and facing danger, I am inadequate.
I don’t own a gun because I love it. I own a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves because police do not protect you from crime, they just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
Personally, I own a gun because I’m too young to die and too old to take a whoopin’!
That lesson from Daddy came with a history lesson as well.
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control:From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control:From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
Germany established gun control in 1938:From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935:From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964:From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970:From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956: From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of Gun Control. With guns, we are ‘citizens’, without them, we are ‘subjects’.
During World War 2, the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were armed. Gun owners in the USA are the largest armed forces in the world.
Daddy owns a gun… and you bet your ass his kids do and grandkids will too.
That's quite a stark REASONABLE contrast to, " but no one needs...". As I say to that, "OK, that's your opinion and you're free to choose not to be armed. Just don't expect to have government guns impose your opinion on me." --Ron W
ReplyDeleteyou're free to choose not to be armed. Just don't expect to have government guns impose your opinion on me."
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"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."
ReplyDelete--Thomas Jefferson
--Ron W
Thanks and
Delete"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."
-- Thomas Jefferson
An admirer of Thomas Jefferson, even John F. Kennedy had the same basic view although he thought it unlikely--then:
Delete"By calling attention to “a well regulated militia,” the “security” of the nation, and the right of each citizen “to keep and bear arms,” our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important."
In contrast, his contemporaries, like his own VP, LBJ and Richard Nixon, both supported draconian gun control which is always authoritarian and anti-Liberty!
It is a "self-evident truth": ONLY YOUR ENEMY WANTS YOU DISARMED
--Ron W
Thanks.
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