Mostly they just make cowardly people less afraid(but only slightly, they still live in fear), and people with small penises feel less inadequate.
This exchange comes from one of my favorite movies:
Yeah, I think a lot of people feel that way. I think a lot of people would react completely differently if they didn't have a gun. I'm not pigeon-holing all gun owners like this, but I think that, for some people, owning a gun gives them this feeling that they can do anything, and can get away with anything.
How much power a person has should be based on how much power their guns have.
Power factors of basic rounds:
.308 or 7.62X52 rifle is 420 per round
.45 ACP pistol is about 93 per round
.22 long rifle is about 4 per round
So a person with a .308 battle rifle with 20 rounds would be empowered at a factor of 8,400.
And a person with an 8 round .45 Colt Gov Model would be at 744
And a person with a 25 round .22 rifle would only be at 100.
No, not really. The size of the bullet doesn't really matter if it hits the person in the right spot. A .22 will kill a man just as dead as a 7.62 or an HE round from a M198 howitzer.
No, not really. The size of the bullet doesn't really matter if it hits the person in the right spot. A .22 will kill a man just as dead as a 7.62 or an HE round from a M198 howitzer.
Thats a bit of an oversimplification. Yes, hitting vital tissue is what determines lethality, but the more vital tissue hit with the greatest capacity to expend that energy in vital tissue-the greaters the lethality.
You're right than even a .22 can kill even a giant polar bear, if hit just right. And having a .22 rifle or pistol is going to "empower" a person far than someone with a bow and arrow (Rambo excluded.
But---one doesn't need to be a very bright person to know what is adequate to bring down or stop a human being. A "raging beast" on certain narcotics can be hit dozens of times and still not die. A strong person on an adrenaline high can be shot through the heart and still fight on for 10 seconds.
I can simply rely on the thinking of every single modern police force and military on the earth. None use .22 long rifles or similar weak rounds as their standard issue carry weapons.
Sorry, but size does matter.
No, not really. They are a means to give one's self the illusion of the ability to resist it. Small, sharp rocks provide the same ability to actually resist it.
So, lets say I get held up at knife point. I pull out a gun. This just gives me the illusion I can resist?? That knife would be your small sharp rock. I think I'll take my chances with the gun without any illusion at all.
It was not "about something entirely different from what I've actually been saying" as you allude to here_How does creating a "rebuttal" about something entirely different from what I've actually been saying count as "owning" me?
Which would have further flamed the growing mistrust of government in much the same way as the 1993 Waco Massacre_To give an example, the whole Bundy ranch thing. If we actually had a tyrannical government, all of the people involved in the "resistance" would have been smoking husks at the bottom of a crater.
I agree that we do not yet have a full blown tyranny; but for how long_We don't actually have a tyrannical government, though, so they were able to give the illusion of resisting a mythical tyranny with their guns.
Like most people cursed with a liberal thought pattern you deny and/or ignore pertinent information to form a conclusion_You can't be sufficiently armed to resist a tyrannical government in this country because our government, should it ever decide to become tyrannical, is always going to be armed significantly better than the resistance.
But if the government made the shift to tyranny without splitting up, any armed resistance by the people would be futile due to the disproportion of armament.*
Wow; just; wow__this conglomeration of your rationale is some of the most ridiculous mumbo-jumbo I've ever read_Only a true civil war, where the government splits fairly evenly and both sides take along the weaponry the government possesses, would allow a chance for victory from the "resistance" side.
In that case, it wouldn't be resistance to tyranny, because the side that is considered tyrannical would not have enough authority (due to the split) in order to actually be tyrannical. It would only become a tyrannical government if it actually wins the civil war.
*(original placement)
It was not "about something entirely different from what I've actually been saying" as you allude to here_
I merely adjusted it to help make my point Tuck; which is something we all do occasionally, including you_
Which would have further flamed the growing mistrust of government in much the same way as the 1993 Waco Massacre_
I agree that we do not yet have a full blown tyranny; but for how long_
Government has and still does institute laws and loopholes to help protect itself from accountability_
It barricades the electoral system to deter political opposition and protect its entrenched power structure_
It uses powerful government agencies to harass and punish dissent and instill fear into the mainstream_
The ever-growing government's increasing regulations and assaults on our liberties suggests we're heading towards tyrrany_
Like most people cursed with a liberal thought pattern you deny and/or ignore pertinent information to form a conclusion_
First; you ignored the fact of how many armed citizens there actually are in the United States__Literally millions_
Second; the great majority are right-leaning; which adds up potentially to the largest armed fighting force on earth_
Third; 50% to 70% of the Military would eventually join the resistance once realized they're killing family, friends and neighbors_
Being a liberal-minded thinker you're unable get your mind outside the box long enough to see the big picture_
Wow; just; wow__this conglomeration of your rationale is some of the most ridiculous mumbo-jumbo I've ever read_
You appear to be hopelessly disconnected from all reality and incapable of any reasoning whatsoever, Tuck!
Which would have further flamed the growing mistrust of government in much the same way as the 1993 Waco Massacre_
I agree that we do not yet have a full blown tyranny; but for how long_
Most of the people who die "from guns" in the US do so because they have committed suicide.
Excluding cops or citizens killing perps in justified shoots, most other "gun deaths" in the US are thug-on-thug, and who really cares if a drug dealer shoots another drug dealer, as long as he doesn't miss.
Accidents are statistically rare. Law-abiding CCW types shooting someone in a fit of anger are rare, despite the media hyping those rare incidents.
If there ever was an overthrow of the govt or a civil war I think he knows where he'd be and how it would turn out.
If your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle.
There will be no overthrow of the government or civil war in out lifetimes or our children's lifetimes, or our grandchildren's lifetimes because there is no need for it.
Its remarkable that you can not only see the future but know why it will happen. Incredible, really.
It's easy to see because it only takes a simple analysis of the present and a moderate grasp of reality (that last bit might be hard for some, but you might be able to "fake it till you make it" on that).
How could an "overthrow" of the government occur? If enough people had enough firepower to overtake the firepower of the country that is more well armed than any otehr 10 countries combined. Since that will never happen, the government will never be overthrown.
And with regard to a civil war, if it didn't happen as a result of the Civil rights act, it ain't ever happening. That was an issue worth killing people over. The **** we deal with now? Typically a bunch of crybaby ******s being pissed off because they have no ****ing perspective on what real tyranny and suffering due to government is.
I'd suggest a grasp of history might be more relevant. Part of the hubris of the left is in thinking they know exactly how things are, when history demonstrates otherwise. You can get wound up about knowing whats on the horizon but its a fools errand. What we know is good enough-govt tyranny happens, and guns play a pivotal role in reversing that equation.
If you want to double down on your myopic claims of knowing why people will do what they do from here out by all means continue, it makes my point-not yours.
Part of the hubris of the left...
Why are you babbling about the left?
probably because they are the source of all the idiotic violations of the Second and Tenth Amendment
Why are you babbling about the left?
Because you are demonstrating said hubris.
Then you are clueless about what I'm saying.
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