Is the N.R.A. Un-American?

[The Annoyed Man]

The mindsets between those people and the majority of us who post on this forum are so far apart that I do not believe that gap can ever be bridged, not that it should be bridged.

I keep trying, on a 1-on-1 basis to change minds with facts, but I believe that pool of "undecideds" has shrunk to almost nil. Probably 95% or more of the population has already made up their minds about this one way or the other, and neither side is willing to budge. OUR should not budge an inch. Not one inch. Since the 1960s, our side is the side that has budged. No more. It is time for the pendulum to swing the other way. The status quo is unacceptable, and further loss of rights is unacceptable.

Here's what it is ultimately going to boil down to: We have guns; they do not. Plain and simple. Who's going to enforce their fascist policies? The military? Please. Check out these maps. These are our sons and daughters. The gungrabber states are SHAMEFULLY under-represented in the military:


Is Michael "my bloomers are in a twist" Bloomberg going to send the NY National Guard to confiscate guns in Texas? Will he send the NYPD? Phhht! If Obama were to issue a confiscation order, the question isn't whether or not the military or federal agencies tasked with carrying it would mutiny; the question is what minority percentage of them won't mutiny. Every single one of them who ever contemplates, even as a passing fancy, what would happen in that scenario understands that their own life expectancies would shrink to hours and days, rather than weeks, months, or years, if they were to ever try and disarm the nation. There are at least 100 million gun owners, owning over 300 million guns. What are they going to do, use WMD to beat us?

They won't stop pushing. I'm not budging another inch. There are only two possible outcomes: 1) they back the heck off; and 2) violence. The difference between someone like me and someone like the author is that I am hopeful for (1) and prepared for (2); while he is unwilling to (1) and heedless to (2). If/when it comes to it, more of them are going to die than us.

[VMI77]

Great info in those maps, but I think they make the liberal rat holes look better than they are. Note, somewhat liberal states benefit in the numbers from those who live outside the large liberal utopias. The smaller and more concentrated liberal rat holes like RI and MA are likely more reflective of the true liberal non-participation rate. I wonder how these numbers correlate to votes for the Obamanation?

[TexasGal]

A lady I know who is a flaming ultra left liberal just saw the light. Two things happened to cause this:
1. Her son, whom she adores, recently defied family politics and became a Marine.
2. A few weeks ago, a person was seen exhibiting uncommon interest in their house and then later at 2 am someone tried to gain entry into the house.

The son convinced his mom who lives alone that a gun was necessary for her to have and insisted she go with him to get one and then to the range forthwith. One range session and that woman was hooked. She now babbles on about her glock like the best of us.

I have a theory that one reason we are seeing more and more division between political ideals is because we do not have the draft for military service. When the liberal's had to serve in the military too, it kept them more in touch with reality.
Those maps seem to agree.