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Originally Posted by hiredgun
Sigh. I don't quite comprehend your need to feel utterly safe from any and all potential threats, real or imagined. It's impossible. It would be impossible even under a police state, which none of us would want. You are seriously asking us to be more worried about an eventuality that, as DJ Happy has pointed out, is almost comically absurd.
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I've been preaching all along that there is absolutely no possible way to be safe in this world. What I've been trying to tell people is that IF your safety, and that of your loved ones, are important to you then you need to be prepared, i.e. also carrying a gun. Also, why is it that things are always so 'absurd', until they actually happen. 3 weeks ago people thought it would be 'absurd' to think that a student could protect themselves with a gun on campus.....now we know differently, don't we?
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Originally Posted by hiredgun
Why would immigrants try so hard and risk so much to get out of Mexico only to make their adopted home ... once again part of Mexico?
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Once again, I'm not speaking solely of mexicans, but those that come up from mexico or down from canada...as we've heard about many times over the last 6 years.
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Originally Posted by hiredgun
I also am having a really hard time buying that it would take an entire week for the US government to respond to a direct attack on its soil. What did our response - both municipal and military - look like on 9/11?
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Coming from a military background I can assure you that the government WILL NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOU. They WILL respond immediately to protect military and government assets though, then once THOSE are secure, they will come to protect the rest of us. Our 9/11 response was great if we're talking only of the WTC rescue effort, but what did the rest of the gov do? Not much other than ground aircraft, put fighter jets in the air, and start putting bases on alert. Look at the LA riot response, katrina, and our border issues. I repeat, YOU and YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD are just not that important in the gov and mil priority list.
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Originally Posted by hiredgun
Finally, the article linked in the OP mentions neither gun control nor a possible 'invasion' of Mexicans. You're really grasping at straws here.
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right, but later on in the post there is talk of civilians actually having to fight to defend their cities from invasion or terrorism. When I put this out there, someone told me I should tighten the tinfoil on my head.
I predict that there will be massive urban deaths and casualties due to terror attacks by jihadists using automatic weapons and most people will be helpless against it because of left wing wacko gun control who fear their own people more than anything else.