“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. … Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” — Thomas Jefferson, “Commonplace Book,” quoting 18th-century criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1774-1776
“To disarm the people … is the most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania Gov. Sir William Keith, “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution,” June 14, 1788
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.” — Noah Webster, “An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,” Oct. 10, 1787
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. … The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.” — Patrick Henry, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778
“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” — Joseph Story, “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States,” 1833
“On every occasion (of constitutional interpretation) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying (to force) what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, (instead let us) conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, June 12, 1823
There is only one reason people in power wish to disarm citizens. Control and power.
Alright. Look. I have a feeling they are going to go for it this time. “Assault Weapons” ban is in our near future. I’m rooting for them. I hope they do it. I don’t want to hear any of this “I lost my guns in a boating accident” stuff either. If you have to hide them it’s way past time to put them to use.
We do not have the right to bear arms so that we can go hunting for whatever game we wish to hunt. Our forefathers put the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights to fight tyranny.
These are dangerous times in America. If you think law-abiding citizens will just freely hand over their weapons, you might want to think again. “Those who fail to remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”
The inborn right to self-defense and the ability of the people to maintain individual liberties in the face of tyranny supersedes all other arguments on gun rights. In fact, nothing else matters.
Let me put this in the simplest of terms for gun grabbers. You don’t ever get to disarm us. Never.
Wes
I will never surrender or submit to enslavement; This tyrannical government has already lost its legitimacy to govern. I am at war with this government, I did not declare war they did, they declared me a terrorist in the country I was born in and now they want to dis-arm me. These types of tyrants never change their tactics, it is plain to see where we are headed, and it is not a peaceful ending. If I die alone on this hill does not matter, they will not take anything from me and I will not give them anything but a violent end to their pursuit.
Nope. Not happening. They can pass any “common sense” gun law they want to.
Now try to enforce it.
Bring it, we are ready
More than Ready!
Personally it’s pretty cut and dried for me. When a government is getting more tyrannical by the day and shootings in the country are increasing then why in God’s name would I relinquish my means of defense? Absolutely absurd to how apparent their motives are and ill intentions. I’m definitely not some “tough” guy and am just merely a country boy from Montana. There are very few guarantees in life but I know of 2. My boomsticks ain’t going nowhere and they can keep their jab. What happens will happen and the Lord knows I wasn’t looking for trouble but I will never live on my knees.
Before they can turn our kids into transgender freaks and out right kill the rest of our family that lives by Faith with weaponized poxes ,flus , and biopathogens to implement the great reset they have already told us about , they have to disarm us . It is the only remaining step in the program . When they have total control Joe and Hunter get to pick which of our kids will live and provide them with pleasure . Sadly they do not understand the One we serve and have committed our lives to . Could it be that G-d has determined to use Vlad to save America ? We will know if that statue on the waters of New York is turned into glass soon . In one hour . Read chapter 18 of Revelation .If not then it will be up to the Remnant to take America back from the tyrants . I have no preference . Either way we must fight and they must die . Like Wes has stated so eloquently many times before , I have made my peace with G-d and I am ready to die . I have no fear of man .
Seems to me it is doing whatever it wants… now.
They may make them “illegal”, but they’re not going to jackboot confiscate them willy-nilly. They’ll make a few examples, of course. They always do, just look at the J6 crowd.
The main targets are the minds of your posterity.
“When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’”
Now, look at the youth of today. Not all, but many compared to my youth. For instance, all this degenerate mentally ill multi-flavored gender bending LGBTQ+ crap wasn’t even a thing and unheard of in my youth… yet, here we are. Imagine where your posterity will be. And when your posterity becomes the minority… it’s over.
The fact is, all of us are already on the Train whether one wants to admit it or not. It just hasn’t reached its final destination yet.
What to do?
If you’re still alive, and able, then you can fight. I see no train surrounding me, only the opportunity to fight. It looks bad, like we’re not gonna make it. That’s because it’s time for us to get plain mad-dog mean and fight like there ain’t no tomorrow, ’cause there isn’t. I say again, it looks bad, like we’re not gonna make it. Our communist oppressors want us to feel that way, and to give up. Bull shit.
Blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah.
Everyone here, all your neighbors, all Americans, are on the Train. Let me know when you get off the Train and fight. Until then, you are on the Train.
Oh. Right, you’re waiting for the opportunity to get off the Train… and fight… when the opportunity… presents itself.
Then you will be off the Train.
I am reminded when Mike Vanderboegh used to harp on “No more Fort Sumter’s!” I had to remind him that Ft. Sumter expanded its borders, and we are all its occupants.
Now, you can fool yourself that we are not on the Train, or occupants of Ft. Sumter, but then there is reality. Now, there is one way out, and that is through the Cattle Cars, or the Ft. Sumter walls. Until then, there you are.
Just to note, everything you just said there, I have heard again and again throughout 44 years of my adult life. Just saying.