Posted on 01/17/2013 8:55:16 AM PST by Olog-hai
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joined the gun control debate on Thursday when he told troops at a military base in Italy that only soldiers needed armor-piercing bullets or assault weapons.
Asked by a soldier what President Barack Obama would do to protect school children from gun violence without infringing Americans right to own guns, Panetta said action was needed after the attack on a Connecticut school in December in which a gunman killed 20 children and six adults.
He told members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Vicenza (Italy) that there were areas where steps could be taken. I mean, who the hell needs armor-piercing bullets except you guys in battle?
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We don't "need" 0bama.
Dum bass does not realize that the average American citizen was better armed with his personal weapons up until 1957 when the US Army adopted the select fire M-14.
Based SOLELY on the reasoning the Founders had for the 2nd Amendment, it is clear that citizens NEED, at bare minimum, the same arms which may be used against them by their government. This defuses the straw man argument of well should citizens have nukes? Well if the government were to use nukes against them, then yes they need them.
As corrupt as our government is, I do not believe they would use such arms as nukes against us but I known damned well they would have all sorts of automatic weapons therefore we NEED the same.
This is the reason for “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”, as once you limit the citizens ability to defend themselves from the government, you have eviscerated the 2nd Amendment. That is EXACTLY the position we currently find ourselves in with a weakened beyond usefulness 2nd Amendment.
We have been asleep and allowed them the chip enough of the 2nd Amendment away such that we can no longer stop them and they know it. We never drew a line in the sand at “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” and our USSC black robed hacks will never restore the 2nd Amendment to its intended protection of American citizens from their government.
A great and initially successful experiment in limited government has failed due to the citizens lack of vigilance and allowing from K-12 and institutions of higher learning to degrade, distort and lie about the Founders and what a fantastic path they set forth for this country.
FU, Lyin' Pendejo.
You have to remember, these morons have been brainwashed to believe that the 2nd amendment equals the National Guard.
..and who the hell needs draft-dodger service secretaries?
Yeah, I did forget that factoid.
Funny how our retard gubmint will arm ‘rebels’ abroad and disarm citizens at home.
He must think everyone can just ask their own personal security detail.
Why does he assume those soldiers LIKE him?
Americans do not need assault weapons what we need is more Homosexuals in our military.
After watching him in action, what we don’t need is Leon Panetta.
what did Reagan say during one of the presidential debates?
He was responding to some MSM clown.
Well....good ole Leon “I don’t believe the President’s BJs rise to the level of an impeachable offense” Panetta....God Bless his duplicitous little keester.
Anyone against sequestration now?
People withpower or in powerful positions seem to always be of the opinion that everyone MUST like them because after all they’re men of power.
The Idiocracy marches on...
Weapons don't have human qualities or intent. Anything can be an assault weapon. Defining something by law does not make it into something else if the intention is demagoguery.
A well-trained attack dog can be an assault weapon.
A brick can be an assault weapon.
(and you may become a felon if you allow a criminal access to your unsecured bricks.)
A bat can be an assault weapon.
A well-placed rattlesnake can be an assault weapon.
An elected imbecile can be an assault weapon.
A well-placed rattlesnake can be an assault weapon.
Reminds me of the attempt by at least one state legislature, many years ago to redefine the math constant pi, to create a kinder, simpler human environment.
The obvious fundamental concept here is that, without a human intervention to create it, assault weapons can't exist. The asinine approach to a real problem today is like trying to outlaw fire. If the hydrant is two blocks away, let's spray water there, because at least you're doing something!
Amazing, the juvenile level of intellect that is a requirement of members of this idiocracy.
The first ten amendments constitute the Bill Of Rights, not the Bill Of Needs.
I mean, who the hell needs armor-piercing bullets except you guys in battle?
We, the resistance do, when “you guys” come to try to disarm us.
This is just more muddying the waters regarding the language used in this debate.
The Defense Secretary needs to shut his pie hole.
He’s read the Declaration of Independence and understands the Second Amendment.
He is one of the oppressors disarming the patriots who would remove the oppressors by force. He knows this is not about hunting or “the children”.
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