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Orange Blooded [4995]
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The 2nd amendment
Feb 16, 2018, 7:07 PM
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I was discussing it today with a friend who was in the marines and he claims that more soldiers and law enforcement than not would refuse to take weapons from American citizens and that bearing arms against and overthrowing the government would be possible.
Is he nuts? I think he is.
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Orange Blooded [2702]
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Yes
Feb 16, 2018, 7:39 PM
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No armed militia of citizens could ever take down the government. That’s just ridiculous.
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110%er [6101]
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There are over 300 million guns in private possession in the US.
Feb 18, 2018, 10:16 AM
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Good luck disarming them.
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People really need to learn some history.
Feb 18, 2018, 1:07 PM
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It happens all the time.
Also, there is this thing called deterrent.
People are oversimplifying this thing.
A government wont act if it thinks it has to kill a significant portion of its own people. And nearly every time that happens, it loses.
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All-In [42195]
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Overthrowing government?
Feb 16, 2018, 8:04 PM
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Nah. The feds still have too much firepower.
But I can see why they wouldn't want to attempt to take them. It would be bloody.
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All-TigerNet [12851]
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They would, they have
Feb 17, 2018, 7:19 AM
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Watch videos of national guard during Katrina.
Never underestimate what someone will do for a paycheck.
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110%er [5641]
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Re: They would, they have
Feb 17, 2018, 9:03 AM
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The right of the people to keep and bear arms (carry firearms) shall not be infringed (restricted, limited, curbed or checked). "From My Cold Dead Hands"!
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Legend [15492]
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Re: They would, they have
Feb 17, 2018, 2:49 PM
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The right of the people to keep and bear arms (carry firearms) shall not be infringed (restricted, limited, curbed or checked). "From My Cold Dead Hands"!
“Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited…”. It is “…not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” - Justice Antonin Scalia , District of Columbia v Heller, 2008
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Re: They would, they have
Feb 17, 2018, 4:22 PM
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Do you think when federal agents actually do pry the gun from your hand they will be amused by your exuberant naivety?
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Orange Blooded [2013]
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Re: They would, they have
Feb 18, 2018, 9:53 AM
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Actually the 2nd Amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Are you a member of a well regulated militia?
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Re: They would, they have
Feb 18, 2018, 12:46 PM
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Most definitely, you are too if you live in South Carolina.
SC CODE of LAWS TITLE 25
Section 25-1-60; Composition and Classes of Militia
A. The Militia of this State consists of all able-bodied males over seventeen years of age who are:
1. citizens of the United States residing in this State.
B. the Militia is divided into three classes:
1. the National Guard
2. the organized Militia not in the National Guard
3. the unorganized Militia
Message was edited by: Purple Gunstock 15®
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Hall of Famer [21614]
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That doesn't mean that only people in a well-regulated
Feb 18, 2018, 1:10 PM
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militia have the right to keep and bear arms.
All people have to do is look into the context of the bill of rights and its so completely obvious what they were saying.
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Legend [15492]
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Re: The 2nd amendment
Feb 17, 2018, 2:44 PM
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Tell your friend that he can have an AR 15 and I'll have an Apache helicopter.
Whoever wins gets to be the government.
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Re: The 2nd amendment
Feb 18, 2018, 8:57 AM
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Have you ever experienced what a very low tech weapon (RPG) carried by a low tech operator wearing a Peraahan, Tonbann, Parkool and a pair of Chaplees can do to a chopper? It ain't pretty.
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