Oh, yeah. Here’s your revolution.
There are some reasonable arguments against banning guns entirely. There is the constitution, although the constitution has been amended several times since the 18th century – to belatedly recognize that Negroes are, in fact, human beings, to give the right to vote to women, to ban, and then relegalize, alcoholic beverages, among other things. There is tradition, although times change and traditions don’t last forever. A lot of people like to hunt, but I personally wouldn’t mind if they lost that privilege if it meant the USA were to become a safer place. I’m sure the deer and the rabbits would agree with me. There is the self defense argument, but statistics prove, consistently, that if you have guns in your house you or one of your family is far more likely to be shot by one of them than any intruder.
Let’s leave aside for the moment that nobody (except me) is calling for a total ban on firearms. Let’s assume, for arguments’ sake, that Barack Obama really wants to take away all your guns.
You would still have legal recourse to fight against that, at the ballot box and in the courtroom. Those of you who say stupid shit like “There will be an uprising! There will be a revolution!” are seriously whack.
An uprising, or a revolution, requires that you reach a critical mass of people before you are even taken seriously. Even then, a lot of you would die and you would eventually lose. (for example, the Civil War, 1861-65) If you fail to reach that critical mass, then you are not in an uprising – you are just resisting arrest, obstructing justice, and maybe assaulting a police officer.
Picture the scene. You are sitting in your living room, minding your own business, when there is a knock on the door. It is a uniformed police officer with a search warrant, there to confiscate your guns. You go to the door to meet him, armed and ready. Well, that’s a felony right there. (if you’ve got kids in the house, add child endangerment)
But what do you think the police are going to do? They may, indeed, go away, but they will be back. With reinforcements. At that point, you have 3 choices. Surrender your guns peaceably, go out in a blaze of glory, or head for the woods to live off the land while you organize your “revolution.” Good luck with that.
For those of you who choose option two, your friends and family may miss you, but you will not be a hero or a martyr to the public at large. Some people will actually be cheering. Most, though, I suspect, will be laughing.
When you say stupid stuff like “There will be an uprising!” that just confirms to most of us that you are a person who absolutely should not have access to firearms. Somebody could get hurt.
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No. You miss the point and got some history wrong. I think it was something like 15% of the population supported the American Revolution – a minority indeed. I’m not a ‘gun nut’: I don’t like guns, I don’t have a gun, and I don’t want a gun (yet), but I reserve that right for myself and others if it were to become necessary.
Cops? Do you like cops? And I don’t mean Czech cops – they’re great (really) – I mean the small-minded, corrupt, power-tripping, beaten up in school or by their father, chip-on-shoulder, insecure, authoritay-demanding US-variety pigs. Check out some youtube vids from Occupy et al. I trust myself with a gun more than one of those monsters or worse, a group of them.
To say: “For those of you who choose option two, your friends and family may miss you, but you will not be a hero or a martyr to the public at large. Some people will actually be cheering. Most, though, I suspect, will be laughing.” is a very sad commentary on how divisive this non-issue has become to the point of not just reducing, but actually destroying your own humanity. Again, “Most, though, I suspect, will be laughing.” Laughing? Really? Not a society I want any part of thank you.
The last UPRISING was AWESOME!!! We had fun competitions, loud music, and a super cool wosirhp time with Justin. I’m calling out to all junier high students to come to the next UPRISING. It’s going to be on sept.21,2011. You can get more information next wed. at the Capital Christian activity center for Youth Group.
Great post Willy. I agree wholeheartedly. I thought I was the only one calling for a total ban of firearms 🙂
LMAO. Tex and Craig, especially Craig are just percfet examples of blind lost liberals. I really pity you two and your buddha here that are gonna get an eye opening. OMG the arrogance amongst your ilk knows no bounds.
Kathleen,We are already in the prcoess of working on that, we to as a board would love to make it more convienient for parents. This however will take a bit of time to arrange for payment prcoesses and such to be set into place. Thank you for your suggestion
Hi, Mike My point is that people who say “There will be an uprising! There will be bloodshed!” are people who probably shouldn’t have guns in the first place. As horrible as the government is, violent revolution is not a possibility. It’s really not.
Thanks, Matt!
You paint a false dichotomy, as if those who support the Second Amendment and ability to protect ourselves would all want an “uprising”.
If you lived where I live (the deep south), you would realize that many people depend upon the meat they eat from hunting. You obviously have no clue about hunters and their motives.
I am sorry you support criminal actions taken against the Constitution. 23 Executive Orders?
I’m glad you aren’t around me in the time of need.
Well, that’s actually not what you said. You said people will be cheering or laughing if ‘resistors’ (let’s call them) go down ‘in a blaze of glory’ à la Waco (for argument’s sake). I don’t remember anyone laughing then. I certainly wasn’t. Nor will I be when the inevitable eventually happens as the inevitable tends to happen. There may not be ‘an uprising’, but people will resist. Whether I will consider them martyrs to a just cause remains to be seen, but the way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised.
I reefer 😉 you to your post on Aaron Swartz: “We all know who they are. They are the people who don’t want the information to get out. They are the people who want the secrets kept secret. They are the enemy.” Do we ‘all know who they are’? Really? They are the government, Willy. Wake up: the government. Your beloved Obama administration that single-handedly (drones don’t have hands, but the kids in Oklahoma that fly them do) murdered over 300 children last year. And he has the nerve to get on stage with a bunch of kids to promote and dictate EO gun control edicts (not legislation, as the president does not legislate). We’re not so far off. There may be an uprising, there may be bloodshed.
You say: “An uprising, or a revolution, requires that you reach a critical mass of people before you are even taken seriously.” That has never been the case. Learn your history: the Russian, French and American Revolutions had the support of only small minorities and the active participation of far less. Most military coups are small, but quick and effective. Argentina, for example, has exchanged dictators with only dozens of people being involved. Did Pakistan’s military come to power with a ‘critical mass’? I guess the mass is always critical if it succeeds, so your argument is circular.
You also use the Civil War as an example of an uprising, a revolution. It was neither, btw. You say: “As horrible as the government is, violent revolution is not a possibility. It’s really not.” (I think you mean ‘viable alternative’?) That, unfortunately, is not up to you (or me) to decide or determine, but it is definitely a possibility.
I’ll cede you the point about the difference between “possibility” and “viable alternative.” I don’t actually think it’s either, because I look at the people who are clamoring for armed resistance and they are not the type of people I envision as successful revolutionaries. There isn’t a Patrick Henry among them. But viable alternative would have been a better choice of words. Anything is possible.
As to the critical mass argument, you’re right there, too, about it being circular logic, but they are so far from being a critical mass that it’s laughable.
Suppose they have some initial success at resisting the legal authorities who want to take their guns-what happens then? Are they going to set up their own government, with fire departments and schools and garbage collection and stuff?
I seriously doubt it.
Just an impromptu set of conversations in my little Podunk town proves you wrong about a mass of criticality. It is a state wide thing, as well (Tennessee). Its only “laughable” to those who are clueless about this culture.
I have been working the phone and emails to my state reps. Joe Carr has initiated HB42 which will deny any Federal power grab. My own rep is in agreement (altho this is his first year). I suggested that he sign this initiative as his first co-sponsorship (and he will come away a hero locally).
I have also been in Contact with Marsha Blackburn insisting that she co-sponsor Texas Rep Steve Stockman’s bill. His comments say it all:
“I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment,”
Dear B Man, Yes, the South is different from the North, in many ways. But you tried this “uprising” nonsense once before, about 150 years ago, and it was less than a rousing success.
I was quoting you, when I wrote “uprising” in quotes.
It is evident that you will never understand and that you have no clue what you are talking about.
I will leave you be and delete my subscription to your blog.
Again, Willy, the Civil War was not an “uprising” of any sort, please stop referring to it as such. The South was invaded and it wasn’t about slavery (at all). Please try to get beyond the second grade history, BS B&W narratives written by the victors. It’s a bit more complicated than that.
You say: “Suppose they have some initial success at resisting legal authorities who want to take their guns-what happens then? Are they going to set up their own government, with fire departments and schools and garbage collection and stuff?”
First off, these “legal authorities” don’t have any legal authority if what they are doing is illegal. Fire departments, schools (to a large extent) and garbage collection are not funded nor managed by the federal government. If you were to pay US federal income tax, what do you think you’d be paying for? War, that’s the answer and it’s 53% of your (one’s) taxes – the rest is interest on loans to pay for wars we’ve already had. I guess that’s the “and stuff” you were talking about.
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