Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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9. The thinking of free men

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:47 AM

Aug 2015

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Churchill

To a person who asked how a man might best maintain his present favorable circumstances, the Spartan replied:
"By not trusting everything to Fortune."

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So once the Second Amendment is repealed (x-post) [View all] sarisataka Aug 2015 OP

Making more readily available easy victims isn't a progressive solution. ileus Aug 2015 #1

Prohibition schemes result in: Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #2

There is no way Runningdawg Aug 2015 #3

I agree. beevul Aug 2015 #4

It depends on how sarisataka Aug 2015 #5

When discussing confisation with people Runningdawg Aug 2015 #6

According to Heraclitus: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #7

"I hope to never see that. There wouldn't be a winning side." That can't be repeated enough friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #8

The thinking of free men discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #9

So much for the "law-abiding citizen" meme......... lastlib Aug 2015 #10

Would you say the same thing about those that are buying and smoking pot in CO.? GGJohn Aug 2015 #11

Under no obligation to obey unjust laws... virginia mountainman Aug 2015 #12

Oh, so you'd just 'go to the back of the bus', would you? beevul Aug 2015 #13

you do know this used to be illegal beergood Aug 2015 #14

Oh the irony - check out his sig line DonP Aug 2015 #15