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In the Gun Debate, How Far is Too Far
Radio Free NJ ^ | 1/12/2013 | Tom

Posted on 01/13/2013 7:16:26 AM PST by frithguild

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To: frithguild

The rattlesnake rattles when cornered, not when hunting. It seems better to mevthat the threat be implied rather than stated; the scary-fraid liberals will imagine all sorts of threats when faced with steely reserve and silence. Imagine Zero and Joe when there is no compliance with their edicts.


21 posted on 01/13/2013 8:13:15 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: frithguild

Original Brady Bill Testimony.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/BKuUVduvoJo


22 posted on 01/13/2013 8:16:13 AM PST by TsonicTsunami08
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To: Terry L Smith

I expect Mr. Yeager will be frequently pulled over for “a dirty windshield”, and then searched for “probable cause”.

I hope he’s smart enough to give “them” nothing to work with and then sue the pants off of them.

Dash cam!
Recorder!


23 posted on 01/13/2013 8:24:50 AM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: frithguild

“how about if that 1% was heavily armed and actually represented something like 1 million men who would resist your presidential edict with force? That means that your (at least arguably illegal) act would result in hundreds of thousands of deaths at a the very least - would you do it then?”

Indeed - they see such an outcome as even more justification for doing so: anyone who would oppose them to that degree for any reason must be neutered with extreme prejudice.


24 posted on 01/13/2013 8:25:59 AM PST by ctdonath2 (End of debate. Your move.)
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To: Washi

I’ve never seen that ‘liberals are cowards’ play out in the streets, either. They push until they get what they want.

Republicans on the other hand, well this line had no problem being understood when used back in 1970.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqw0Gz9GahM


25 posted on 01/13/2013 8:29:31 AM PST by MurrietaMadman (Stop with the negative waves, Moriarity.)
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To: frithguild

It went too far the first time a gun grabber opened his filthy mouth. The discussion should be about safety in a decadent, fallen culture, and that safety would require armed guards and employees at public schools, and in general, it requires armed citizens who are capable of putting down scum who threaten them and others. Gun grabbing won’t move us one step closer to safety.


26 posted on 01/13/2013 8:38:52 AM PST by pallis
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To: Morris70

if you strike at the king don’t miss


27 posted on 01/13/2013 8:49:29 AM PST by rolling_stone
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To: Travis McGee

I can’t count the number of times I’ve started to post what I really feel or think lately, only to decide that it’d be better to not show my hand to anyone.


28 posted on 01/13/2013 9:21:50 AM PST by optiguy (Winter is coming.)
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To: frithguild
I once led a group of RKBA folks into a meeting at our state reps local office. At the time an AWB was being debated for Florida. I looked him in the eye and told him that if the bill passed we would defy it, but, I did not wave my arms and scream in his face.

We have a solid position, well backed up by facts. It isn't served well by hysterical ranting.

29 posted on 01/13/2013 9:23:02 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: frithguild
The opportunistic stance taken by this administration and its supporters, immediately following after the Newtown massacre, accomplishes more than putting federal "gun control" at the top of their agenda. It distracts attention away from other matters, like continued revelations concerning the Benghazi tragedy - and who can imagine what else?

It's difficult to say what matters more to them...

Prudence, more than fear of prosecution, dictates a degree of caution on the part of those most likely to react emotionally to any threat to the natural right of self-defense.

Rather than ending up being made into a public example, ending up on a secret black list or inviting the brutal retribution of dog killers and SWAT teams hitting in the wee hours should inspire a greater fear.

Yet, the overall pattern of these particular statists would seem to be to inspire their opponents to "fire the first shot," as it were, and to divide and marginalize - as well as to merely identify - the most "dangerous" among their opposition; to win any prospective civil conflict by increments, winning before an opposition can coalesce.

And all of this fits the context of an even larger strategy in league with ceaseless hustling designed to inspire uncertainty and keep a population constantly on edge with a string of outrages.

Prudence, more than passion or the letter of the law, sets our boundary.

Faith and vigilance, rather than answering outrage for passion, is a better reaction.

Let the statists cross their line first, and let them worry about boundaries.

Consider the recommendation of a renewed acquaintance with Sun Tsu, and his Art of War, without commentary, and especially its sparse opening statement explaining why his strategies need study in the first place.

30 posted on 01/13/2013 9:25:34 AM PST by Prospero
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To: rolling_stone

from “Shogun”:

Toranaga: “There is no justification for rebellion.”

Blackthorne: “Unless you win.”


31 posted on 01/13/2013 9:39:09 AM PST by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: ctdonath2; SWAMPSNIPER; Morris70; Travis McGee; MestaMachine; cripplecreek
They need to be reminded of their own hero, JFK's words.<

b> "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable "
John F. Kennedy

32 posted on 01/13/2013 9:47:29 AM PST by B4Ranch (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable-John F. Kennedy)
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To: frithguild

I think we all have our own ways of communicating this message. This guy, IMO, just ends up looking foolish - an in-your-face rebel type who purports to be a self-defense instructor, and yet cannot resist getting some attention when the opportunity presents itself - sound tactics and strategic goals be damned. A drama queen. A narcissist. A lifetime spent covering over a weak, empty core with quasi-effective bravado. No thanks.

When the time comes, I want at my side a quiet old vet who likes to hunt, someone that people just instinctively know not the mess with. Someone else can enlist with the berserkers.


33 posted on 01/13/2013 9:54:59 AM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Terry L Smith

Do you have a “truck gun”, why yes I do... to defend against greater forces than me when I go to the Rocky Mountains. That’s when I get my gun, I’m particularly fearful of large cats!


34 posted on 01/13/2013 9:55:57 AM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: frithguild

“The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that you won’t need it until they come to take it away” Thomas Jefferson


35 posted on 01/13/2013 9:58:37 AM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: frithguild
James -- Too far too fast.

Glenn Beck -- Make Sheeple of us all

36 posted on 01/13/2013 10:00:08 AM PST by bmwcyle (We have gone over the cliff and we are about to hit the bottom)
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To: frithguild
in the gun debate, how far is too far?

"SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!" there are no ifs or other ambiguities in that statement so what is so difficult for the anti-firearms people to understand? Being selectively stupid could be the answer to the question but we all know it is about how a few want to devise a way where they can control the many. Granted, those in DC have for years circumvented our constitution by passing and enacting laws that do not meet constitutional muster and this administration is preparing yet another assault on our second amendment rights granted us in that guiding document. Their only purpose is to increase their control over the rest of us. But until that day comes where our Constitution has been void by the people in every state house and not by the corrupt lawless anti-Americans currently in DC in this administration and congress it remains the law of the land for which we all shall be held to account. Disarming the defeated is the first act of the victor in any war. A declaration of Martial Law only to nullify the constitution as a path to implement government's infringement on the possession of citizen's firearms would be received as an act of war against the people of the United States. The King of England ordered the confiscation of all gun powder held by the settlers and we all know how that ended. End of discussion.

37 posted on 01/13/2013 10:14:38 AM PST by drypowder
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To: B4Ranch

Its apparent that is the path that has been decided.


38 posted on 01/13/2013 11:27:19 AM PST by Morris70
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