2nd Amendment in action: The Battle of Athens, 1946

[The Annoyed Man]

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I had never heard of this episode before. I imagine that after having survived the European and Pacific theater battles, these men were in no mood to put up with a corrupt political machine, and they did something about it.........the hard way. The video tells the story better than I could.

[seamusTX]

I knew about it, but I didn't know anyone had made a movie about it. (The move was made in 1992 for Hallmark.)

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The Battle of Athens was not unique. Here is a similar case:

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- Jim

[speedsix]

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...I hadn't heard of it till the above recent thread...not the sort of story a controlling school system would want to share with a bunch of young adults...but a a good lesson for us all...
...thanks, guys, for reminding us that Americans once stood up and yelled "ENOUGH!!!"

[The Annoyed Man]

viewtopic.php?f=94&t=53638&p=653876&hil ... ns#p653876

...I hadn't heard of it till the above recent thread...not the sort of story a controlling school system would want to share with a bunch of young adults...but a a good lesson for us all...
...thanks, guys, for reminding us that Americans once stood up and yelled "ENOUGH!!!"

I hadn't seen the other post. I got the email for this last night, and that's what prompted me to post it.

[speedsix]

...well worth repeating!!!

[clarionite]

Wow... That's about all I can say. I can't imagine the strength it took to stand up knowing what failure ment.

[mamabearCali]

Those men had some serious guts. Going to need similar guts to handle what may be coming our way.

[waybig]

I don't see this happening in our time.

[Lambda Force]

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Another thread on the historical event. viewtopic.php?f=83&t=18524" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[OldCurlyWolf]

I don't see this happening in our time.

Actually it may be an a MUCH larger scale.

Scary, isn't it?

[The Annoyed Man]

Thread already going here with the same video. viewtopic.php?f=94&t=53638" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another thread on the historical event. viewtopic.php?f=83&t=18524" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Like I already said:

viewtopic.php?f=94&t=53638&p=653876&hil ... ns#p653876

...I hadn't heard of it till the above recent thread...not the sort of story a controlling school system would want to share with a bunch of young adults...but a a good lesson for us all...
...thanks, guys, for reminding us that Americans once stood up and yelled "ENOUGH!!!"

I hadn't seen the other post. I got the email for this last night, and that's what prompted me to post it.

[Ameer]

IBTL

[VMI77]

This is supposedly from a made for TV movie. It actually quotes the 2nd Amendment at the end in accurate context. Now, try to imagine this movie being made and broadcast of TV today. TV today is info light and propaganda heavy.

[bagman45]

THIS is what has made America great. I only wonder if we have the sand to do what those heroes did......