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Commander Cody wrote:

Beiruty wrote:This poll is not helpful.

As are most polls.

Wait..... are you saying most polls ARE helpful?

J.R.@A&M wrote:Well, if they come for my revolver collection, that would be a worst case scenario. Still, I reject the premise of the post. I wouldn’t turn them in, nor would I declare war. I would probably just wait and see.

Matthew 10:16
Persecution Will Come
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

cirus wrote:I intend to live out the rest of life a free man. You take that anyway you want.

I’m taking it that we agree.

Beiruty wrote:This poll is not helpful.

Probably not.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:Roughly 1/3 of American households own guns. I am guessing that at least one out of 5 of those would defend their right to keep and bear arms, believing that it does not derive from any government.

So if the 2nd Amendment is repealed, and the government tries to seize privately owned weapons, then I believe the percentage would be somewhere north of 5%. In other words, 6 times the number of people in the U.S. military at the moment. The end result would not be pretty.

I would like to think that too. I would add that there are millions of living veterans who have never been relieved of their oath to the Constitution. But I would also add that many of them vote democrat and have a different view of the Constitution than we do. Historically, I believe that 3% is the number of colonists who actively took up arms against the king in our Revolutionary War ....... and people in that day had a far less encumbered view of the right to keep and bear arms than is understood by modern Americans. They didn’t need anyone to explain it to them. If they wanted a cannon and could afford to buy one, they went and bought one. How many Americans today think that a citizen ought to have the right to own a functioning howitzer if he can afford to buy it? I’m guessing that would be a pretty small percentage of even 2nd Amendment supporters.

To my mind, guessing what percentage of people would rise up in defense of the 2A is useless speculation. What is more interesting to me is the question of whether or not anyone would rise up at all, and if so, what that would look like. I don’t have a lot of faith in the appreciation of most Americans for just how special and precious are the nation’s founding principles, as codified in the Constitution. MOST won’t find them worth defending, because they ALREADY don’t find them worth defending. Those who are willing to die for it are a small lot.

anygunanywhere wrote:Don’t worry. As long as you have an Armani suit and Gucci shoes on you will be fine.

Good one! And don’t forget, the GOP will save us.