Quote Originally Posted by Sheechiibii View Post
Fact is if guns werent so easy to come by in America it's extremely unlikely that either of those situations would have occured to you.
The phony cop was ex-military. Uncle Sam trained him in the use of firearms, provided him with permits and liscences. Hell, he even somehow obtained a very real looking sheriff's dept undercover badge. Truth is, if somebody has malicious intent, they're going to get their hands on whatever they need to hurt people. Why should I just trust that my govornment's police and military are nice people? Because some diplomat said they are? The U.S. Marine Corps denied me the opportunity to serve, and this guy went into the Army right after high school. Maybe the U.S. just has a higher percentage of whackos. I don't know. Why should ANYBODY be allowed to have a gun, by those standards? Why not crack down on weapons and firearm manufacturers? Make it illegal to produce anything with the purpose of killing. Especially hunting rifles. Why do we need to kill deer? We can just go to a store and buy meat if we want it. Why don't we still just fight wars with swords and bows? Better yet, outlaw those too. Fist fight to solve our problems... Or we can all just sit down and talk about our problems and figure something out peacefully. Heh... In an ideal world, maybe. This isn't the carebears. There's criminals and murderers out there and I for one will not give up my basic animal right to defend myself in any way that I can.

I get what you're saying. I really do. Do you realize that the mexican drug cartel simply hacks people's heads off with machetes or uses chainsaws? It's common to find decapitated heads on the sides of the road in many places where cartel activity is rampant. In third world countries there are roving machete gangs... People will simply light houses on fire to kill who they want. My point is that if it's not one method, its another.

Believe me, I'm the type of guy that can handle myself in a fist fight, but no matter how fast I can throw a combo or how many punches I can take it doesn't change the fact that a single bullet to the head can end my existence in a second. This is the world we live in. I don't see the problem with responsible citizens living in peace, being polite, good samaritans, and carrying their pistols just in case. That's what it's like in most of Kings Mountain, NC. It's actually pretty peaceful.

Quote Originally Posted by RagnaToad
Jason Alexander wrote something interesting about this today.

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Ok so this guy argues the right to bear arms definition as it appears in the Constitution:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Definition of MILITIA
1
a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
b : a body of citizens organized for military service
2
: the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service
I am signed up for Selective Service and trained by the State to use a handgun safely and effectively through my Concealed Carry Permit class. If the govornment calls my phone and tells me to drive to the nearest National Guard base to report for duty, I'll be there, and I'll be able to score on an expert level in marksmanship upon arrival. Is that the only definition of Militia? No. Here's another hypothetical: If Barack Obama himself orders a convoy of tanks to drive through my neighborhood and unjustly sieze our property, and we decide that isn't OK, we can organize and can become a Militia. I think this guy is mistaking the definition of a Militia. The "minute men" who fought against Great Britain during the American revolution were a Militia, organized in a grassroots system against the oppressive govornment that they deemed unfit for rule. The army of the south in the Civil War was a militia organized for the same purpose. High school grade American History.

These people believe that the US government is eventually going to go street by street and enslave our citizens. Now as long as that is only happening to liberals, homosexuals and democrats - no problem. But if they try it with anyone else - it's going to be arms-ageddon and these committed, God-fearing, brave souls will then use their military-esque arsenal to show the forces of our corrupt government whats-what. These people think they meet the definition of a "militia". They don't. At least not the constitutional one. And, if it should actually come to such an unthinkable reality, these people believe they would win. That's why they have to "take our country back". From who? From anyone who doesn't think like them or see the world like them. They hold the only truth, everyone else is dangerous. Ever meet a terrorist that doesn't believe that? Just asking.
That entire statement paints every gun supporter as an idiot terrorist who's afraid of everyone else. Quite the contrary. I'd like to believe in the good of man, that's why I don't see any reason why my guns should be taken away. Unless of course HE is the one who is afraid. He's a moron and here's why: if our rights are being stripped away, it's going to be the very people he's insulting who are going to mobilize and defend his freedom to his protests. Our right to bear arms ensures that we can quickly mobilize to form a Militia in the event of a corrupt govornment taking hold. He makes it sound like the stuff of fantasy stories. He is a half-whit non-scholar who needs to take a high school class in American History. I don't even know who he is or why his opinion should be brought into this thread. Of course a grassroots militia would have less of a chance against a larger force with organized military and all the weapons that comes along with it, but the act of defiance against tyranny, and spilling our own blood for the freedom of our nation is winning. For an able-bodied man to do anything but is failure and cowardice, and non-American. He talks as if something like this could never happen, and has never happened. It's in the books. I think I've made my point. His opinion is invalid and illogical.