the Rubicon is in sight...
Posted on 01/04/2013 3:04:40 PM PST by Nachum
"The meek, he had been told, would inherit the earth, but only when the last soldier left it to them in his will." -- Captain Richard Sharpe, in Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell, Chapter 10.
Sebastian, the ultimate pragmatist, has presented his read on the bills now entered, or about to be entered, into Congress: "We have a lot of work to do on the magazine issue. Most people, at this point, even pundits and elites, know the “assault weapons” issue is a crock of shit. The magazine issue is a different story." I left this comment on his blog which was not approved:
It doesn't matter what they pass, enough of us will defy it to make the choice mandatory for the rest of you. Fight or disarm.
Sebastian and other Fudd "pragmatists" may continue to hide from this reality if they choose, but J.D. Longstreet understands this in his piece The Next American Civil War:
At first glance it appears to be lunacy of the highest order—and yet—here we are on the cusp of violence to defend something the political left, an authoritarian cabal itself, cannot abide, AT ALL: personal freedom, individual freedom. . .
And now they intend to disarm us.
Look. There is so much pent-up anger in America today that if this argument over gun control ever gets beyond the talking stage it is reasonable to believe there will be violence on a scale not seen since the 1860’s in this country.
These fears are reinforced by the promises of the antis to 'pry guns from cold, dead fingers'.
But the time has not come to begin shooting -- yet. Feinstein's Intolerable Act has not yet passed, let alone begun to be enforced. The raid parties are
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Why not quote the verse in context, so as to reveal the full meaning?
“1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.”
The rulers that we are told to obey are those which “are not a terror to good works, but to the evil”. If our government becomes a terror to good works, such as defending yourself, your family, and your neighbors, then its power is not ordained by God, and need not be obeyed.
the Rubicon is in sight...
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
- Patrick Henry
I’ll take liberty, if I’m given a choice, but those are the only two acceptable options. I will not bow down to evil.
Furious at the December 1773 Boston Tea Party, Parliament in 1774 passed the Coercive Acts. The particular provisions of the Coercive Acts were offensive to Americans, but it was the possibility that the British might deploy the army to enforce them that primed many colonists for armed resistance. The Patriots of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, resolved: “That in the event of Great Britain attempting to force unjust laws upon us by the strength of arms, our cause we leave to heaven and our rifles.” This British gun control program precipitated the First American Revolution. Laws that aim to disarm American Citizens at large will turn a political argument into The Second American Revolution! Not a second American Civil War.
Agreed. What is the point in hiding your weapons? When will you ever retrieve them? In my opinion, you either use ‘em or lose ‘em, right off the bat.
Agreed.
After God, and the Bible you referenced, an American's governing authority is the U.S. Constitution. What will you do when an alien force tells you to violate the U.S. Constitution?
I’ve been planning for this, for the past 6-7 weeks. Plans are well-underway.
If I owned any high capacity magazines, I would store them at David Gregory’s house, since I know they’d be safe from the government there.
I’m 63 with one bad knee. I’ve fathered three children and I’ve seen Paris. I have to die someday, it might as well be defending the Constitution. I believe the expression is molon labe
Had the colonists abided by your rendition of scripture we would not have the United States of America.
Oh yeah, I will not comply and I’ll resist.
My mags are loaded, bags packed. I can be out the door in about ten minutes.
They start the music, i’ll pay the Piper.
FMCDH? They’ll need to dig me out from under a pile of spent brass first.
I’m 43 and in my prime. I bench close to 400 and do walks in the snow with a full pack.
I am not alone...
God didn’t establish this government.
And if He did...
You’ve chosen a pretty piss poor Deity to follow.
Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
--Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment, quoted by Thomas Jefferson in Commonplace Book
Did I mention my 3rd degree black belt and my fifteen years experience as a martial arts instructor?
No, but always keep an Ace in the hole.
If it comes down to hand-to-hand.... You go first.
I’d rather find a keyhole from 1200 out and send them hate mail at 3400 fps...
Agreed!!!!!
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