Posted on 10/16/2008 10:16:03 AM PDT by Dubh_Ghlase
The Battle of Athens
2 AUGUST 1946
I. Introduction
On 2 August 1946, some Americans, brutalized by their county government, used armed force to overturn it. These Americans wanted honest, open elections. For years they had asked for state or Federal election monitors to prevent vote fraud -- forged ballots, secret ballot counts, and intimidation by armed sheriff's deputies -- by the local political boss. They got no help.
These Americans' absolute refusal to knuckle-under had been hardened by service in World War II. Having fought to free other countries from murderous regimes, they rejected vicious abuse by their county government. These Americans had a choice. Their state's Constitution - Article 1, Section 26 - recorded their right to keep and bear arms for the common defense. Few "gun control" laws had been enacted....
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Yes History helps us to understand why, for example, Obama wants to abrogate our Second Amendment rights...and that Americans have turned into wimpy TV-addicted chinless wonders that think that unless they vote for the black guy they might be called the name racist.
Yup, get the guns, then finish enslaving the people. It’s coming...
Have tou ever heard the expression, “Those who don’t learn from history are bound to repeat it.”
“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen”.
-Samuel Adams
“Yup, get the guns, then finish enslaving the people. It’s coming...”
Not so long as I and better men than me draw breath it ain’t.
I stand with you...
Great post!!
Love that story....knowing that part of TN well I will bet you that if a BHO type tries to take away the guns there, they are going to have to replace some Fed agents.
I remembered reading this story from years ago. In exchanging FR info with a remote cyberfriend, this incident came to mind, and I wanted to share it with the rest of FR-land. I only hope there are enough people with the nads to stand up and fight this marxist takeover attempt with the same resolve that these patriots did...
Charlton Heston is my President.
In his immortal words: “From my cold dead fingers.”
Those who took up arms in Athens, Tennessee:
* wanted honest elections, a cornerstone of our Constitutional order;
* had repeatedly tried to get Federal or State election monitors;
* used armed force so as to minimize harm to the law-breakers;
* showed little malice to the defeated law-breakers;
* restored lawful government.
The Battle of Athens clearly shows:
* how Americans can and should lawfully use armed force;
* why the Rule of Law requires unrestricted access to firearms;
* how civilians with military-type firearms can beat the forces of "law and order".
Dictators believe that public order is more important than the Rule of Law. However, Americans reject this idea. Criminals can exploit for selfish ends, the use armed force to restore the Rule of Law. But brutal political repression - as practiced by Cantrell and Mansfield - is lethal to many. An individual criminal can harm a handful of people. Governments alone can brutalize thousands, or millions.
Since 1915, officials of seven governments "gone bad" have committed genocide, murdering at least 56 million persons, including millions of children. "Gun control" clears the way for genocide by giving governments "gone bad" far greater freedom to commit mass murder.
Law-abiding McMinn Countians won the Battle of Athens because they were not hamstrung by "gun control". McMinn Countians showed us when citizens can and should use armed force to support the Rule of Law. We are all in their debt.
Charlton Heston is my President.
In his immortal words: “From my cold dead fingers.”
close... from my cold dead hands..
god bless charlton heston.
teeman
When they come for my guns I will give them up freely, ammo first of course!
You and I think a lot alike!
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