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Would You Resist Federal Confiscation?

Would You Resist Federal Confiscation of Arms?

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Damn Right! I would fight til the end for my freedoms that is allowed in the U.S. Constitution.

I am a peaceful person but we need some folks armed when the time comes that they cross that hill to MY HOME
 
Amend the constitution just cause it makes peeps uneasy? How about you first LEARN something about it and get back to me!

All these people that want a warm fuzzy? I wish but it will not happen and changing the constitution is not the answer.
 

Think about what you are saying here. Put it in the context of one of the other amendments in the Bill of Rights.

Or think about how you feel when, say, a Christian is persecuted in a Muslim country. The vast majority of the Muslims in said country might popularly support the persecution of the Christian, and there may be no legal protections for the Christian in that country. And yet, I believe a right has been violated. The same with how some Christians in this country want non-Christian religions treated here.

Now, if rights really are simply things that can be eliminated by supermajorities, then no right has been violated in the described country. In my view, this really means there is no such things as "rights". All that really exists is, in some countries, are laws that are especially difficult to change.
 
I selected other, I think it's an asinine hypothetical.
 
Putting myself in American shoes, I would imagine that if it came to the point of the government blatantly and openly defying the Constitution, their attempt to confiscate arms en mass would be a non-issue since everyone would be digging their heels in preparing for a fight anyway.

Weapons are not something that a sane U.S. government would ever challenge the people on. Yeah, there are laws here and there in the states that are trying to circumvent the 2nd Amendment, but on the whole it's fairly respected. I think the Feds trying to take away weapons would cause total loss of control.
 
Moderator's Warning:
I think I've been pretty generous with just three warnings. And now a thread ban. Anyone else?
 
You don't have to tell me twice. I'm more than happy to discuss my own thread topic...
 






Why you lefties see racism behing anything you disagree with is beyond me.... :roll:
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
Why you lefties see racism behing anything you disagree with is beyond me.... :roll:
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I agree Rev. The conservatives freaked out just as much when Clinton got elected.
 
I believe your feelings are noble but misguided. The confiscation of your weapons is a danger to your family. You should resist.
 
American said:
I believe your feelings are noble but misguided. The confiscation of your weapons is a danger to your family. You should resist.
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Do you have a wife or child? No?

Not misguided, responsible. HUGE difference.
 
Blackdog said:
Do you have a wife or child? No?

Not misguided, responsible. HUGE difference.
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Isn't there some study that showed that there's a greater risk to the gun owner and his/her family through accident/suicide/domestic violence than the risk of needing it for self-defense in the home?
 

Even more.

If the Second Amendment can be taken away, then the rest of the Bill of Rights loses all meaning. If any one of the amendments that make up the Bill of Rights can be repealed, then all of them can.
 
Ethereal said:
Damn, here come the usual suspects to troll the thread and contribute nothing substantive. I'm totally surprised...
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Ahh, look another thread about the government taking your weapons. I'm totally surprised.
 
misterman said:
Isn't there some study that showed that there's a greater risk to the gun owner and his/her family through accident/suicide/domestic violence than the risk of needing it for self-defense in the home?
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* A study claiming "guns are three times more likely to kill you than help you" is a total fraud. Even using the low figures from the Clinton Justice Department, firearms are used almost 50 times more often to save life than to take life.15 More importantly, however, the figure claiming one is three times more likely to be killed by one’s own gun is a total lie:

* Researcher Don Kates reveals that all available data now indicates that the "home gun homicide victims [in the flawed study] were killed using guns not kept in the victim's home."16

* In other words, the victims were NOT murdered with their own guns! They were killed "by intruders who brought their own guns to the victim's household."17
 
misterman said:
Isn't there some study that showed that there's a greater risk to the gun owner and his/her family through accident/suicide/domestic violence than the risk of needing it for self-defense in the home?
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Not that I know of. I do have guns in my home. My daughter and wife respect the weapon, so it was never a problem.

This really has no bearing in the long run.

The scenario was violent force if the government came for your guns. If I was single and responsible only for myself I would, but I have a family to consider. To resist violently and put them at risk would be asinine at best. I would still resist, but passively and legally.
 
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