Anti gun people, for the most part, are just cowards...

[tom joad]

give a gun to every moron in America, fuck yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

[Shockwave]

Funny. Like most of the folks in my vicinity, I keep a semi-automatic rifle (an "assault weapon") near me at night along with a plate carrier that has 4x mags, pistol and light.

Strangely, we never seem to have any crime. Occasionally, I have to ventilate a porcupine before it ventilates the dogs.

I also have a LBT plate carrier w/6 mags, 1911 Pistol, and AR15 within 4 ft of my bed.

I also have lived in 3 different apartment complex where there have been 4+ murders, so call it prudent planning. (And these were NOT shitty neighborhoods.)

[TheShape.]

Guns should only be given to those who can bench 3 plates. Being very powerful I would make the cut.

[Pray_4_War]

Funny. Like most of the folks in my vicinity, I keep a semi-automatic rifle (an "assault weapon") near me at night along with a plate carrier that has 4x mags, pistol and light.

I knew I liked you for some reason.  I'd tell you folks what I keep handy but, you know, OpSEC.

[Deadlifted]

If i lived in the USA i probably would have a gun or two. Not just because criminals but also because of a possible tyranny regime in a near future.

Im all for gun ownership but how would it help against a tyrant regime? You get smashed if that were the case.

[_aj_]

Im all for gun ownership but how would it help against a tyrant regime? You get smashed if that were the case.

Not true. Nobody is gonna go toe-to-toe with an APC (MRAPs maybe), but those folks have to sleep...and eat...and resupply...and go home to their families.

Revolution is an ugly business and nobody plays by the Marquis de Queensbury rules.

[Deadlifted]

Not true. Nobody is gonna go toe-to-toe with an APC (MRAPs maybe), but those folks have to sleep...and eat...and resupply...and go home to their families.

Revolution is an ugly business and nobody plays by the Marquis de Queensbury rules.

I guess but I have a hard time believing that military grade equipment and weapons wouldn't beat armed civilians

[_aj_]

I guess but I have a hard time believing that military grade equipment and weapons wouldn't beat armed civilians

Like I said, depends.

How motivated are the soldiers? How trained are the ones that didn't go AWOL once shit went down?

The general population has a lot of folks with active duty/combat experience. And not just the grunt level, but NCO and officer level.

And lastly, this is the US, everybody has access to "military grade equipment". Maybe not high-explosive (unless you try REALLY hard), but weapons and kit are mostly available.

[Deadlifted]

Like I said, depends.

How motivated are the soldiers? How trained are the ones that didn't go AWOL once shit went down?

The general population has a lot of folks with active duty/combat experience. And not just the grunt level, but NCO and officer level.

And lastly, this is the US, everybody has access to "military grade equipment". Maybe not high-explosive (unless you try REALLY hard), but weapons and kit are mostly available.

Thats true, lots of retired vets with combat knowledge and experience. I would wonder how many current military personnel would go awol versus the ones who would stay. Of course there would be misinformation put out by the government in this type of situation so it might be so cut and dry for some of em. Lets hope it doesnt come to that though 

[_aj_]

Thats true, lots of retired vets with combat knowledge and experience. I would wonder how many current military personnel would go awol versus the ones who would stay. Of course there would be misinformation put out by the government in this type of situation so it might be so cut and dry for some of em. Lets hope it doesnt come to that though 

I have a lot of friends that are still in at the command level. Let's just say that the AWOL rate in some combat and MP units would be close to 100%.

[Nick Danger]

I have nothing against guns...I just don't understand the American fascination with them.

[CalvinH]

Revolution is an ugly business and nobody plays by the Marquis de Queensbury rules.

A few of us here go by Code of Duello 1777....

[_aj_]

I have nothing against guns...I just don't understand the American fascination with them.

It's in our DNA. Like homosexuality in the European DNA.

[Deadlifted]

I have a lot of friends that are still in at the command level. Let's just say that the AWOL rate in some combat and MP units would be close to 100%.

Thats comforting to hear. I will get a gun eventually, not sure if it will be a pistol or shotgun but probably one of those two.

[_aj_]

Thats comforting to hear. I will get a gun eventually, not sure if it will be a pistol or shotgun but probably one of those two.

If you can, both. If its just for the home: the shottie. If you think that you might want to carry it: the pistol.

Long gun > handgun all day, every day.

[Nick Danger]

It's in our DNA. Like homosexuality in the European DNA.

Unless you're Native American, your DNA consists of European DNA...

[Deadlifted]

If you can, both. If its just for the home: the shottie. If you think that you might want to carry it: the pistol.

Long gun > handgun all day, every day.

It would definitely be for home defense, so yeah youre probably right about the shotgun

[_aj_]

Unless you're Native American, your DNA consists of European DNA...

Murica...

[Nick Danger]

Murica...

Haha, I love it !

[Archer77]

Unless you're Native American, your DNA consists of European DNA...

 

The United States is a European concept created by and for Europeans.  America didn't exist before the Europeans came.  Europeans are actually the native Americans and what are considered Native Americans are actually various tribes of pre-america people indigenous to what later became known as the north american continent.

[Mawse]

I guess but I have a hard time believing that military grade equipment and weapons wouldn't beat armed civilians

How's that working out in Afghanistan and Iraq?

[tom joad]

gayer than the second amendment.

[The True Adonis]

I guess but I have a hard time believing that military grade equipment and weapons wouldn't beat armed civilians

You are also operating under the assumption that soldiers would readily invade their country and kill their fellow citizens.  Perhaps if you were Abraham Lincoln, but I don`t think it would be near as easy to do today.

[spiro]

I have nothing against guns...I just don't understand the American fascination with them.

What are you gay what's not to like about them. They're awesome to look at I love everything about them. Doesn't every real man.

[_bruce_]

gayer than the second amendment.