Joe
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Here is something he wrote back in 95
Written May, 1995
The Bullet (WMSA Newsletter) - Bottom Line by Brad Alpert
"Gunowners are perhaps unique among various interest-based
demographic groups in that our core belief structures tend to
reflect self-reliance, honor, and the primacy of individual
responsibility. We know that ownership of lethal weaponry comes
with an awesome responsibility and we know that this
responsibility must be met by our safe handling, storage, and
knowledge of these deadly instruments.
Given the ease and confidence with which we handle firearms, we
are baffled when conversing with someone who is afraid of guns,
and often, also of the people who own them.
Don't cars in thehands of civilians kill more people than firearms? Doesn't
nearly every outdoor sport involve some degree of personal risk?
Why are guns in the hands of police and the military "good" and
then somehow, "bad" in the hands of the same people, when off-
duty?
Absent a well-grounded and resolute belief in the absolute
righteousness of our cause, lesser souls than we would quit.
Our educational system is in the process of turning out a second
generation of drones, people ignorant of (or misinformed about)
functional logic, epistemology, American and world history, the
Constitution, and the very bedrock values of Western
civilization. Abetting the educational establishment in this
sorry mission is the Fifth Column - the dominant media culture
which, for so many, many people, utterly shapes their perceptions
and their values.
When speaking with someone thus mis-educated and propagandized
about basic constitutional/historical issues, one frequently
finds that there is no common ground for discussion. Why would
you mind if the FBI has greater wiretapping/internet
surveillance/no-knock raid authority if you haven't done anything
wrong? What does it matter what the Constitution says about
restrictions on federal powers, when in today's modern age we
need a strong central government? Why does anyone need any kind
of gun that isn't good for hunting?
And so forth. I fear that the indulgence heaped upon my fellow
baby-boomers during the 50's and 60's have fundamentally ruined
most of us, at least from the standpoint of our having been
inculcated with the values necessary for self-control and self-
reliance - thus leaving us no option but to look outside
ourselves for a source of control in the form of a government
that is ever more closely resembling a jack-booted parent who
won't let its children play with matches - but will cheerfully
gas and burn them if they are caught.
I fear we've lost the current generation. I think that a
generation which doesn't know what the Second Amendment means (or
even - says) cannot reasonably be expected to want to defend it.
In this regard, it is safe to say that those among us who are
raising children have an extra responsibility to both those
children and the cause of Liberty.
Meanwhile, we can only fight the battle one day at a time, using
letters, phone banks, taking a neighbor shooting, registering
other gunowners, allying with like-minded coalitional groups, and
contributing money to those who will fight our fight in the
corridors of power. Meanwhile, those unfortunates in Maryland
who own modern firearms which were previously registered and who
now face confiscation of those guns under legislation pushed
through by their governor might have a different kind of battle
to fight.
Isn't it sad that in America today, gunowners are regarded as
race-hating, dangerous extremists by a significant segment of the
populace?
Another thing that's sad is that the same segment of the populace
which regards gunowners as unregenerate misanthropes has no idea
that we are serious about this issue - let alone, how serious we
are...
On this issue, there is room for neither compromise nor
negotiation. Our gun rights deal with basic Liberty, are tightly
held, and they will be defended.
A certainty about the war we're fighting - make no mistake: War
it is - is that all that stands between us and defeat is
surrender or death in battle.
Surrender is not an option.
Spread the word."
I miss him a lot lately. So you see whether I liked guns or not.....I was definately gonna be educated about them lol.
What a load of horseshit. But you don't have the skills to figure out why.
Oh so you disagree with this, call it "horse shit"....and to preemptively shield yourself from being asked HOW its horse shit, you toss the responsibility on ME and suggest if I dont see how its "horse shit".. I lack skills.
I don't fall for manipulative shit, Lotus. If you think its horse shit, explain how so it can be discussed. Unless YOU lack the skills to engage in civil discourse with people who view the country and its Constitution differently than you do.
If you are going to call something wrong, it doesnt work to escape examining it by telling people if they dont already know....they are flawed. That gaslighting.
Really you just dont like it, but you cant argue it. So you set yourself up to come out feeling superior even though you are the one who should be demonstrating skills right now.
Swing and miss, Lotus.
Dovey, while I could agree to limited ownership and use of guns for the purposes of self-defense - I couldn't/can't support te US model of unrestricted gun ownership.
Guns don't belong on the street, except in the hands of highy trained policeman or soldiers.
And if citizens are going to own them, then strict laws and limitations on the amount of ammo and the amount of guns should be placed on them. And how about a psychiatric exam?
It's somewhat laughable that folks like Lokmeer feels this need/compluson to own more guns than soldiers who served for your country i World War I, II, the Korean War or Vietnam. Back then if your government gave a man a gun during a time of war, they were expected to fight and possibly pay the price of dying. It was not a luxury or a toy. They'd give them 1 gun, maybe 2 at the most, unless they were assigned to some special unit.
This is more than gun ownership model I'd aspire to:
Swiss style, where guns are issued to responsible citizens who've done time in their military and treat gun ownship likea privilege, not a right.
And sorry...but not every citizen should be able to own a gun. We don't give out driver's licenses to blind or dangerous psychotic people, so why should we allow that for guns?
BTW, Switzerland has a lot of guns, but a much lower rate of gun homicides than either the USA or Canada.
Even Canada could learn from Switzerland.
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