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Something you completely fail to realize, I suppose, is that there's about 80 million former military persons mixed in with the "civilians" you're talking about. It won't be an unorganized armed mob for long.
The Second Amendment is an awkward premise because the institution to which it refers no longer exists.
Interestingly, before the Equal Rights Amendment, it would have been constitutional for a state to outlaw the manufacture, sale, and possession of firearms.
Sure...name the book and give me a page number. Tomorrow I'll get the book and post a pic of that book stating such. Seriously.
That's not what you said. You're backpedaling. Book name and page number.
To say nothing for various national guard units, who's chain of command stops at the Governor, not the President. And then you would have dissension among the regular military ranks as well, just like in the civil war.
the ERA? was never ratified. do you mean the 14th amendment which only recently incorporated the second (McDonald)? most state constitutions would have prevented such nonsense. Illinois was one of the few that didn't and several cities did that with handguns. it was a criminal workplace safety statute
Operation Snakebite is one, from a journalist in Helmand Province. A senior US official is quoted saying that special forces teams (both US and UK) regularly, when targetting a Taliban leader, would get off the Chinook, and en route to the target, shoot any males aged 18-40.
And to arm those men would be acceptable, even intelligent.
But that's not what's happening. As it stands, anyone with a license in some states, or just plain anyone in other states, can get their hands on one.
Page number please.
Let's see if you can google more than a book name this time.
Alright, let me go get it.
Edit incoming.
And to arm those men would be acceptable, even intelligent.
But that's not what's happening. As it stands, anyone with a license in some states, or just plain anyone in other states, can get their hands on one.
Oh good, you have it, so you can take your phone and post a pic yourself. Very nice.
Alright, let me go get it.
Edit incoming.
Right, found it.
It is, in the paper-back edition, page 140, chapter 17, "the Manhunt", and it is from a senior US official from US Central Command.
At any rate, it's also a fantastic book, so I recommend it to you for more reasons than proving I'm right. XD
Believe me when I say I've no idea how to do that. But really, if you did mean it, you ought to check it out -- anyone interested in the Afghan War will like it.
By the way, I edited my post with page number and source.
Post a pic or you don't have it.
BTW, no, I'm not reading the book.
I'm not going to post a bloody pic, I've no idea how. I can quote the line, though:
"They always say afterwards that the dead were enemy, or they went for the gun. But the reality is every young man ends up dead.... The routine is something like this: Go to the gym, pump some iron, jump into a helicopter in the dark, jump out and kill all males of fighting age, and then go back, get a bit of kip, and then back to the gym, pump some iron."
I don't mean to be rude or forward, but if you are in Philadelphia for a few days then get off the stupid computer and experience the city and the people. Enjoy.
I'm not going to post a bloody pic, I've no idea how. I can quote the line, though:
"They always say afterwards that the dead were enemy, or they went for the gun. But the reality is every young man ends up dead.... The routine is something like this: Go to the gym, pump some iron, jump into a helicopter in the dark, jump out and kill all males of fighting age, and then go back, get a bit of kip, and then back to the gym, pump some iron."
I like how you leave out who's saying that and in what context :lol:
Senior US official "with special forces background" from US Central Command, speaking on condition of anonymity.
= "source can not be verified", which means it means squat in the online setting; it's what reporters say when they want to make a bull**** sensational story and get away with it. I'm a protestant, which means I accept no text without authentication
Care to make a claim you can actually back up?
I'm a protestant, which means I accept no text without authentication
Show me proof that the Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.
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