Comments on: Why we need to disband the NRA and drop the Second Amendment https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Anonymous https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-569892 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:16:26 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-569892 Really, go live in North Korea

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-223301 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 21:28:44 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-223301 Harry, thank you for your comment.

We’re still coming for your guns, tho.

]]> By: Harry https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-223297 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 21:26:17 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-223297 Forget the fact that it’s unamerican but any politician who even attempts to disband the NRA and the 2nd amendment is going to catch hell from over 5 million NRA members and many more firearms owners . These fascist tactics have no place in this country and you should be ashamed of yourselves for even putting the idea out there. The fact is the majority of Americans don’t share your views. How would you like it if we made gay marriage illegal because some people it’s perverse and disgusting? You’d go crazy and you know it, but It doesn’t matter anyway because you’ll never disband the NRA or take away the constitutional rights of Americans no matter how hard you try. Stick that in your bongs and smoke it you sore losers.

]]> By: sundoga https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18792 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:07:33 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18792 Mikedemontoya – Fair enough. Personally, I’ve never felt the need to be armed in public, but I don’t have a problem with others doing so. I will, however, admit that I have a distaste for violating the law, as I believe that casual violation of the law leads to disrespect for the body of law…and thus to increased serious crime.
My support for the second is primarily historical and political. An armed populace is not as easily cowed by a government’s military power; not as easily prevented from exercising their rights; not as easily stopped from casting down a government it has grown to despise. I like to point out the events of 1989-90 – where non-violent revolution did away with the governments of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, East Germany, the USSR – but then there was Romania…and Yugoslavia. If the time comes that we must do away with Washington (may that day be far from now) I hope it will be a Velvet Revolution…but I want to be ready if it is a Ceaucescu regime that must be dealt with instead.

]]> By: mikedemontoya https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18791 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:15:55 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18791 “sundoga”
I’m lived in Australia, having worked there for 2 years. And I agree. Australians are politically unaware & show a lack of political interest. However it is safer than the US regarding violent crime. But when I moved there from the US, I took my Glock .45 with me & carried it at all times, just as I now do here in the US. Better to have it & not need it than need it & not have it.

]]> By: sundoga https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18790 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:50:22 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18790 Anat – the general populace is pretty fine with it. Ownership of weapons was never as big here as in the US, due to a combination of sociological and historical factors. Australia has never fought a war within it’s borders – the closest they came was the bombings of northern ports during World War Two; as a result, self-defense just isn’t on the agenda. Add to that the fact that Australians, by and large, just aren’t politically savvy. Oh, they keep an eye on their government (and quite a few have developed a healthy distrust of it) but the vast majority, in my experience, really don’t know much about the bigger picture. A good example is that the Australian Constitution is virtually unread – it is not taught in schools, and most people never bother to look it up. For instance, I keep getting shocked looks when I explain that one section allows the Federal Parliament to deny the franchise to anyone for any reason with a simple majority.
I love living in Australia, I love the people, the society, the clean openness of the cities. But the political side frustrates me no end.

]]> By: mikedemontoya https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18789 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:43 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18789 One thing us Conservatives always notice about Libturd Assholes like Greg Laden who rant their Wet Dream Fantasy of getting rid of the 2nd Amd. & a gun free world. When challenged to explain in practical, realistic terms how they’d do it, we hear only SILENCE. Why are we NOT surprised? But trying to use Reason & Logic with an IGNORANUS like Greg is like trying to teach a pig to whistle. It only wastes your time & annoys the pig. Yes. In his deluded, fantasy dream-world Greg wishes it would happen. But wishes are like assholes. Everybody has one. Greg is now dismissed & may return to his normal mental state……. ASLEEP. Bye Bye Greg. Sweet Wet Dreams.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18788 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:44:48 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18788 mikedemontoya, I know more cops than you do, and they all want gun control. Lots of it.

]]> By: imjustred https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18787 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:38:21 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18787 @mikedemontoya

You really are not helping your cause. I’m a liberal gun owner, and it’s cretins like you that make the case for repealing gun ownership with your ignorant babble.

]]> By: mikedemontoya https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/20/why-we-need-to-disband-the-nra-and-drop-the-second-amendment/#comment-18786 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:27:58 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1731#comment-18786 Gun “ FACTS” according to Liberals:

“We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting spree at any time & anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a lunatic is paranoid.”

“Most people can’t be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, which everyone will abide by because they can be trusted.”

“An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with .45 will get angry & kill you.”

“Private citizens don’t need a gun for self- protection because police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court ruled police are not responsible for your protection.”

“Police have special Jedi-like mastery over handguns that private citizens can never hope to obtain.”

“Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need larger capacity pistol magazines than do “civilians” who must face criminals alone & therefore need less ammunition.

“Citizens don’t need to carry a gun for personal protection but police chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators working in a building filled with cops, need a gun.

“Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun shows.”

“Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering butchers but revert to normal when weapons are removed.”

“A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20.”

“These phrases: “Right of the PEOPLE to peaceably to assemble,” “Right of the PEOPLE to be secure in their homes,” “Enumerations herein of certain rights shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the PEOPLE,” & “The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states respectively, & to the PEOPLE”, all refer to individuals. But “The Right of the PEOPLE to keep & bear arms” refers to the state.”

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