Kraut783
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just a thought....can you imagine if the federal government did repeal the 2nd admendment...I could envision some states legalizing firearms by state law....kinda like the marijuana thing.
I agree with that; I won't pretend to be super smart on that sort of thing, but that's the beauty of states rights.just a thought....can you imagine if the federal government did repeal the 2nd admendment...I could envision some states legalizing firearms by state law....kinda like the marijuana thing.
@ThunderHorse - is it a logical, real possibility (for you) that the government of the United States of America can/will disarm 300 million Americans?
If yes; do you also believe that militias of American citizens will need to overthrow that government?
What do you feel the likelihood of that event would be? Say, ‘very likely’? Or ‘not likely, but possible’?
Can you explain what you mean when you say that the right to bear arms protects the rest of the constitution? I know what you mean in theory, but what about practice?
What realistic scenario would be a trigger for you to take up arms agains the American government?
Complacency does kill. But I don’t have an asteroid shelter- that’s not me being complacent about an asteroid strike, that’s me being reasonable about the likelihood of that event happening and living my life accordingly.
I guess I’d ask the same question to you-do you think, in the context of today’s environment, that the 2nd amendment could ever be repealed and that the government would actually try to disarm American citizens? If yes, why?
Ok, that's fair. I just can't get to a place where I can reasonably believe it's a viable concern today.As we get more and more divided I have no clue. I would see the current Armed forces recalling troops to post and locking down. Not a coup, but I don't think you could mobilize a division today to deploy and attack Americans.
This is not the Whiskey Rebellion or Nullification Crisis or 1861.
But I'd say not likely, but possible.
Crap, Top... I don't know.A civilian buddy of mine, knowing of my military career, asked me this question yesterday;
Would you or any of your fellow soldiers ever follow orders to confiscate guns from citizens or would we take up arms against or fight American citizens? Interesting...how would you respond to this?
I think this specific topic is so hard to keep in reality just by it's nature- but I don't know if 99% of the military would be cool with getting into firefights in their hometowns. I would like to think we find a way to avoid that sort of thing, at all costs.Luckily I don't think it will ever come to this. But, if the law changed, 99% of the military would follow orders. We are still a country of laws after all.
Luckily I don't think it will ever come to this. But, if the law changed, 99% of the military would follow orders. We are still a country of laws after all.
No matter what people may think, there will forever be a need for the people of the US to remain armed.Ok, that's fair. I just can't get to a place where I can reasonably believe it's a viable concern today.
I don't think that there is any sort of scenario that would lead to the federal government mandating the repeal of the 2nd, then directing the Armed Forces to disarm Americans under (presumably) the threat of imprisonment or death, and then militias of Americans organizing to fight the government. I would actually be way more apt to hear an argument of something like, "Americans should be able to own whatever guns they want so that, in the event of a sovereign power invading American soil, every citizen can mount a response and protect our way of life."
When the 2nd was written, however, tyrannical rule and the need for well-ordered militias were primary concerns for our young nation.
One good reason is to protect your home and family. If not from the government, there will always be bad people.No matter what people may think, there will forever be a need for the people of the US to remain armed.
I agree with this.No matter what people may think, there will forever be a need for the people of the US to remain armed.
I am firmly on the side of ‘don’t tell me what I can and can’t buy’. Now, when people start folding their tin foil hats, saying the government could become tyrannical and enslave the people so they need armor piercing rounds meant to defeat body armor that our police officers wear, silencers, bump stocks to make their weapons fully automatic, NVGs... there has to be some line where we can at least have the conversation. When you put yourself in the camp of ‘don’t restrict it at all, as a matter of fact, I want less restriction than we have neow’, you’re forced to accept certain 2nd and 3rd order effects.
I would certainly like to restrict the ability of terror cells to train and equip themselves better than the federal agencies meant to prevent them from doing so. I’m pretty sure the founders didn’t have the vision to foresee American citizens purchasing assault weapons legally with the intent to commit the mass murder of other Americans; but that’s the world we live in now.
9/10 of your military friends would be like, ‘Yeah man, fuck it- if the boss says round the guns up, I’m kicking doors and rounding guns up.’??99% was a figure of speech. I'm willing to bet however that it would still be in the 90% though.
9/10 of your military friends would be like, ‘Yeah man, fuck it- if the boss says round the guns up, I’m kicking doors and rounding guns up.’??
Interesting. Thanks for the honest response.If the Bill of Rights were amended to remove the 2A, 9/10 would follow the law and obey orders.
9/10 of your military friends would be like, ‘Yeah man, fuck it- if the boss says round the guns up, I’m kicking doors and rounding guns up.’??