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Originally Posted by Willravel
American revolutionaries are preparing for armed conservatism. What I'm trying to get you to think about is the band of brothers you'd be siding with. Who, DK, would you be shoulder to shoulder with, overall? What if the gun toters somehow managed to defeat the federal government? I'll bet you $5 that homosexuality would be outlawed in the areas you guys control, despite the fact that you personally don't have a problem with it. I'll bet you $10 that abortion would be outlawed as it's considered by many of your compatriots to be tantamount to murder. And I'll bet you $20 that infighting would collapse any semblance of governance in the areas you control.
What I'm trying to get you to realize is that the other people that are prepared armed revolutionaries like yourself don't share all of your political views. In fact, you'd be a liberal among them. Don't believe me? Go to an NRA meeting.
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I'm a gun-toting American as well (I carry to work), and I tend to ride the fence politically, sometimes falling on the right side for a spell. I think of myself as one that would fight if provoked, but I prefer to hide my stuff if I have a few minutes warning. I've lived without freedom of religion, without privacy and in fear, years back. I know how to hide, to stash, and to use things when the time is right. I had to back then and once you learn to think like that, you never lose it.
This, of course, is assuming that a group would come to my door demanding my rights be handed over on a silver platter. Considering I went through the eye of hurricane Ike at 4AM, I suppose, geographically, it is not impossible. I still think of it as very unlikely though.
If it did happen though, of course I would lie right to their faces. "
I vote democrat, I do not believe in guns". A broad generalization and a very stupid sounding statement, to make them think I am a complete moron. You get the point. If they barged in anyways, then I would pull the pistol from behind and unload into the belly of the man barging in. Bullet proof vests are usually strongest in front. I would go in from the side of the ribcage. I suppose that would be it, then.
This is all very high speculation though. I have no desire to kill anyone, and definitely not an officer of the law, with whom I usually have a deep respect for. However I would kill with cold determination if someone was barging into my house with no reason other than to take away my freedoms (or my possessions). I have a loaded shotgun and several dogs with very good ears; I feel sorry for the poor sap that thinks my house looks like a good target for robbery. Welcome to Texas
I would be glad to join a peaceful march on the capital demanding corporate regulation and greed-control. It would only take the population of one state to accomplish very much, and a small state at that. However all the crazy civil war II talk is insane. I'm not going to war with my own country. That is just silly.
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Anyways, my point that I forgot to mention is that I find your point, Will, to be a good one. To fight with this group would mean several liberties would be gone. On the other side of this, some people are willing to die so that they can choose their own doctor. I'll deal with what I am given, just like bad food in school. I'm a survivor and however things work out, I'll find a way to deal.