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2014-11-15 -Land of the Free

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Posted by badanov 2014-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Before you hit the Quakers, know that General Nathaniel Greene who orchestrated the brilliant Southern Campaign in the American War of Independence that move Cornwallis up to Virginia to meet his fate and General Jacob Brown who would end up as the commander on the Niagara front in the War of 1812 giving the British as good as they dealt out were from such stock. Just a socialists have completed the long march in the Donk party, they've done the same here.

Hey pastor - read the law, 10 U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes -

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-15 10:58|| 2014-11-15 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I read an interesting thing once that said (with statistics, but I didn't verify them) that if you took the crimes of the predominantly black areas out of US stats the US is generally the same as Canada when it comes to gun crime.

So in effect it is gangs and some verify high profile nut jobs.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-11-15 11:12|| 2014-11-15 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 There was a time way back in the late 40s and early 50s when rifle clubs were common in middle schools. Kids were taught about the proper use of firearms and gun safety. There were no mass shootings to my recollection. There were no shrill screams from the extreme left for gun confiscation (that is the ultimate goal of the "gun control" crowd). There was virtually no left. The communists were our enemies. My how times change--not always for the better.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-11-15 11:24|| 2014-11-15 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 "consists of all able-bodied males under 45 years of age"

So my wife and I have to turn in our guns? That stinks.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-11-15 11:42|| 2014-11-15 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Would have been unfair to 78 year old Samuel Whittemore at the Battle of Concord too.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-11-15 11:59|| 2014-11-15 11:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Face it, the people have already lost the right to keep and bear arms. At the time the Constitution was written, one had the right to keep and bear the most advanced arms available -- rifles. To be able to wage an effective insurrection today you would need AK-47's, shoulder launched surface to air missiles and anti tank missiles, etc. And those are all illegal. Second amendment advocates have already lost the battle.

Although I've got to admit that even I would be against individuals owning atomic bombs, or chemical weapons, etc, since one crazy armed with those is no doubt far more dangerous to the general welfare than a tyrannical government.

Posted by DLR 2014-11-15 12:50|| 2014-11-15 12:50|| Front Page Top

#7 #4, That's the federal militia. States which have their own militias might have different age groupings.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-15 17:22|| 2014-11-15 17:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Salon needs to rebrand as "Troll" as a truth in advertising thing.

Posted by regular joe 2014-11-15 19:11|| 2014-11-15 19:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, I hope his book is written better than this crap. In his effort to slalom platitudes, he threw in Furgoson, which is a government vs. citizen killing, and the local agitators' 'they shooting us down in the streets'.

That there is a Kennedy-level ski accident to this whole coming out statement, but to continue:

Do you think 1930's Germans knew to to elect Hitler, because he is a Hitler? How about a Baghdadi? I hear there is a mayor from Mexico looking for a job...can't remember his name, but it isn't Hitler so he should be a swell guy.

The British have not surrounded Concord. You putz, eveyone was British there back then. S'why Paul Revere's network was saying 'The Regulars are Coming!'. S'why everyone was in shock of their own government sending troops against its own citizens.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-11-15 21:22|| 2014-11-15 21:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Easier to focus on GUNS and OWNERS than it is to blame CARS, which cause more deaths annually.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-11-15 23:19|| 2014-11-15 23:19|| Front Page Top

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