tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7758368851216207402..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Epiphanies: The ArsenalFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-56216536958413670542013-01-19T08:59:23.548-05:002013-01-19T08:59:23.548-05:00Forgive the digression:
A lot of attention is foc...Forgive the digression:<br /><br />A lot of attention is focused on what law enforcement at the local, state and federal level may or may not do should they receive the order to disarm Americans. That's all to the good, but what about gangs?<br /><br />If this is to be their move against our liberties, why wouldn't the el duce nera regime just send their gangbanger friends to take out whomever the regime considers, um, uncooperative?<br /><br />They've already armed the cartels via the pentagon and fast and furious. And according to this piece - US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces - http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2013/01/17/us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces - they're training the mexican "military" like they did the zetas. And how'd that work out?<br /><br />And I'm referring to the cities. <br /><br />I'm in chicago, a city packed with black and hispanic gangbangers neatly stashed in their respective enclaves. Why would the malignant dwarf and commissioner mcmoron put their unionized government employees into harms way when they could just as easily send savages to do their dirty work? I mean,any government employees get killed and the city's gotta pay the families right? <br /><br />it's the chicago way - dirty underhanded brutality orchestrated by them which allows them to clamp down harder while looking like heroes to the not too bright. <br /><br />As Americans, we tend to ascribe things like honor, integrity, honesty and courage to those in opposition. <br /><br />But these guys are the dregs.<br /><br />Again. I'm in chicago and I'm nervous. To say the least.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77965385175417589712013-01-19T01:44:47.851-05:002013-01-19T01:44:47.851-05:00The left has never given up on radically remaking ...The left has never given up on radically remaking America. They have never given up replacing the American Constitution. But in order to bring this about they have to neutralize the last defenders of both, the armed public. Through mission creep they seek to slowly strip away the 2nd amendment until they can scrap it entirely along with the rest of the bill of rights.<br /><br />Woodrow Wilson hated the constitution because it limited his power and Obama now finds himself in Wilson's shoes. He rammed healthcare down our throats and he is fully prepared to do the same with his attack on the armed citizen. He will legislate in the dark, he will deny the Republicans access to the legislation, and if he cannot get his way in Congress he will use the stroke of a pen to strip us of our rights.<br /><br />The man is on an arrogant power trip as is his liberal handlers. They will lie, obfuscate, and do whatever they have to do in order to get their way and the American people and their opinions be damned. Obama is not to be trusted nor is the Democrats because they are on his side as they were when Obamacare was foisted upon us. To believe otherwise would be a mistake.<br />William Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481469340558843146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-28470336899309647952013-01-18T18:42:13.490-05:002013-01-18T18:42:13.490-05:00Could it be that our Dear Leader is, in fact, plac...Could it be that our Dear Leader is, in fact, placing a marker for a higher office? There has been a great deal of rumbling about him ascending to a leadership role in the United Nations. <br /><br />Just think of the hijinks which woud ensue if the Exalted One were able to rally the simpletons to support the International Firearms Treaty.Devynsdadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42944435165275671262013-01-18T18:25:07.109-05:002013-01-18T18:25:07.109-05:00Fran, I think it is actually our _duty_ to deny th...Fran, I think it is actually our _duty_ to deny them the moniker. We have been allowing the Left - and the near-Left of the mainstream Republican Party - to re-define our language to their benefit.<br /><br />A conservative would not do what these faux-conservatives _would_ do. Allowing them to continue to characterize themselves as conservatives is as wrong as allowing the Left to characterize us as domestic terrorists.<br /><br />We allow them to redefine our language, our referents, at our own peril. Accepting it is not something that provides any moral cachet for us. It is one of the reasons we have been losing, politically.RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-47922219240287066992013-01-18T13:34:53.352-05:002013-01-18T13:34:53.352-05:00Your point is well taken, Reader, but nevertheless...Your point is well taken, Reader, but nevertheless, there are persons who share virtually every tenet of the freedom philosophy with you and me, but who dread the proliferation of firearms in private hands. They style themselves conservatives, and who are we to deny them the moniker?<br /><br />There's a cleavage in the use of the word "conservative" that has often hobbled it politically. It's well captured by the old gag definition: "One who never wants anything to be done for the first time." That aspect of <i>vulgar</i> conservatism is often used against <i>political</i> conservatism to devastating effect.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41120112414214835482013-01-18T13:27:54.108-05:002013-01-18T13:27:54.108-05:00I hope, Mr Poretto, that you will forgive a near a...I hope, Mr Poretto, that you will forgive a near approach to No True Scotsman fallacy. While it is true that opposing a change in firearms laws would preserve the status quo, I have to question the Conservatism of any man who would seriously argue for the disarmament of others. If Conservatives believe in liberty, or personal responsibility, then a man who would deny another man the means of exercising either is something else.A Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288199981382663362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-75910438526189445482013-01-18T11:30:03.931-05:002013-01-18T11:30:03.931-05:00It is rough times for the 2nd amendment (in fact t...It is rough times for the 2nd amendment (in fact the entire constitution) and gun owners. But there is a bright spot in this "crisis"; the anti-America, anti-constitution politicians and pundits have exposed themselves for who they are. We always suspected, we assumed now we know. Vote them out, demand impeachment, demand a recall election, demand your local media reports the "other" wrongdoings of these politicians. Boycott media outlets that are focusing their efforts on gun control. Support politicians and groups opposed to gun control. VOTE. Too many good and productive people don't vote or throw away their vote because their union tells them which politicians will reward them. Vote on this one issue the hell with other issues. Fight (verbally not physically), demonstrate, show up at meetings of your congressmen and speak up. And don't EVER forget which of these sleaze bags advocated for gun controls. Make them pay, fire them, don't ever let them work in government again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82064989732258204212013-01-18T11:14:52.699-05:002013-01-18T11:14:52.699-05:00They are advancing their gun control position to t...They are advancing their gun control position to the next ratchet click. After the next horrific gun incident, they will advance it another click or two. Every year another crop of indoctrinated kids turns eighteen and is eligible to vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-15757896979402529612013-01-18T11:14:02.408-05:002013-01-18T11:14:02.408-05:00I see the Republicans and Democrats as part of the...I see the Republicans and Democrats as part of the same political oligarchy. The Dem branch has gone on the attack with Rep elite support. Consider: Patriot Act, DHS, NDAA, drone killings, multiple expensive wars...get approved by both parties and no matter who is president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-36282612338124406172013-01-18T10:56:55.842-05:002013-01-18T10:56:55.842-05:00I see it as consistent with the larger strategy, D...I see it as consistent with the larger strategy, Deb. I know a fair number of conservatives, and the ones whose station in life allows them a degree of security in luxury -- gated residential compounds, high-rise apartment buildings with doormen, and so forth -- are largely <i>opposed</i> to the broadening of firearms rights or ownership. They're almost as afraid of weapons in citizens' hands as liberals are. So the issue can be used to create further division among persons who lean Rightward, even if it seems counter-intuitive at the moment.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77814817553664718082013-01-18T10:11:49.105-05:002013-01-18T10:11:49.105-05:00But that doesn't explain why he chose this par...But that doesn't explain why he chose this particular battle. Democrats have nothing to gain from antagonizing gun owners. The NRA is more popular than Obama, right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com