[harpseal]

An oldie but a goodie many more recent members of Free Republic may wish to peruse the comments on threads III, II, and I Each thread links to the prior thread.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[G-Bear]

A person once asked me what good a handgun would do against a Cobra helicopter. My reply:"You shoot the pilot in his bed at night."

[go star go]

Don't fight an army with a handgun. If you ever get into such a situation, go after the civilian leadership. It's much more effective.

[Theophilus]

In the common parlance of today's military professional a handgun is an: Asymetric Threat

It is, and really always has been, a head game.

[JusticeLives]

Thanks for a great article, harpseal, one that ought to be taken to heart and acted upon. There's one thing I'd like to add and it's Get thee to the range and practice, practice, practice.

[Greeklawyer]

Bottom line for any people..
Who do you trust more to have a weapon (any weapon);
You or the government?

There are many maxims about this:
The people are always one meal away from revolution.
The people vote their wallet.
The people vote for the guy who gives them more free stuff.

The founders established who they trust, and it was not the
goverenment. (any government)
Those that are the professional politicians, constantly seek
to change this.

So, who do you trust?

[Johnny Gage]

Great essay. Reminds me of one of my favorite movies.

RED DAWN.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

I own a nice rifle and pistol with about 150 rounds for the pistols and rifle. I need to atleast double my ammunition and get my food storage then I'm set.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Been looking for this thread big ol bang list indexing bupmerroo

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[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[lavaroise]

It's the David and Goliath thing. With a single bullet a man could win, end WWIII and maintain the peace.

KEEP AND BEAR ARMS

[Eaker]

Bump......

[Jeff Head]

One of my favorites.

I have had this article posted on My Site since May of 1999 HERE

I posted it on FR in April of that year and Critter posted a follow up after that thread got almost 300 posts. That thread (which is the oldest one containging it now on FR) is HERE. Now you have kept the faith with it several times , the latest version being this one.

It always brings good discussion.

[hattend]

bump for later

[LibKill]

One of my high school teachers was a firearms/militaria/historical artifact collector.

He used to bring in the best stuff to his classes. Indian arrow heads and lance points. Civil war uniforms. Firearms of the period that he was teaching (this was the 1970's he did not get arrested).

He brought in a Liberator.

What a peice of junk! Sheet metal. Horrible trigger pull, must have been about 20+ pounds, long and gritty. No rifleing in the barrel, must have been horribly inaccurate. Only one shot! Harder to hide than an M1911A1.

But when you have nothing at all such a weapon is a godsend.