From Craig "Sawman" Sawyer |
Many gun owners are making it
clear they are convinced that the Federal government is coming to take guns
away from private citizens. They contend it will begin with laws making it illegal
to own guns. They further assert that if it happens, they will refuse to give
up their guns, and the Federal government will be forced to attack private
citizens to forcibly remove their firearms.
Do the gun defenders have the guts to fight force with force?
Do the gun defenders have the guts to fight force with force?
These folks promise and
threaten to fight back, meaning they will fire at the supposed attackers in
defense of their 2nd Amendment rights. I support their right to own
and bear arms, but I question their claims of impending confiscation, and their
contentions that they intend to fight to the death in the event of such
actions.
I'm curious to know how they
think Federal agents will approach and perform such an operation, and what the
defenders' personal defense plans are? How will the Federal government carry
out this anticipated monumental operation across the entire country, which is
made up of more than 19,000 towns and cities, against an estimated 30 million
American gun owners?
My guess is the response will
be: "my plan is secret, why should I tell you?"
My reply is that although I
don't own guns (and so the Feds are obviously not coming to my house), some of
my neighbors do. If the Feds are going to attack my neighbors to take their
guns, I want to know what those people are going to do, so I can plan
accordingly and be ready.
Assuming, that is, that these 2nd Amendment defenders are true to their word – that they plan to keep their guns
with force and die in the effort if necessary. I (and most assuredly, other
non-gun owning neighbors) need to know what to expect when this alleged predicted
attacking force of Feds comes true (as many of you vehemently insist will
happen).
The next question is, how do
you expect the government to carry out such an operation? Are they coming to
your house, in your town first? What about your next-door neighbor who also
owns guns? Surely there are several others nearby with guns and, according to
you, Federal agents are obviously going to attack them as well.
Are they going to go
house-to-house, one at a time? That seems unlikely, as security will be a
problem. They can't take a chance that other nearby gun owners will see what is
happening, realize they are next, and begin to take offensive action.
A problem there is that not
everyone in your neighborhood is a gun owner. Gun ownership figures vary depending on
which sources you look at. My research indicates that in Texas, for example, it
could be as low as 8% of citizens, possibly up to 35%. It means that at most, a
little less than two thirds of the residents of any given neighborhood are NOT
gun owners. In case you don't know this: none of the non-gun owners in your or
my neighborhood are interested in dying for your cause.
Obviously, the Feds can't
perform these 'raids' one street or block at a time. Anyone nearby is going to
catch wind of what is happening, and – knowing they are next – will be forced
to either band together to attack the Federal force, or just hunker down in their own homes and
wait their turn. So in my city alone, there would have to be thousands of such agents,
prepared to carry out a coordinated citywide attack. Otherwise, the element of
surprise is obviously lost.
Should we assume that no one in
the nearby towns will know what is happening? Or will they just wait patiently
for the government agents to finish up one town and head out for the next? Then
on to the next county, and the next, and so on until every citizen in the state
has been disarmed? Meanwhile, residents of the other 49 states are going to
silently wait until Federal agents arrive in their area?
Even if only a minority of gun
owners decide to fight it out, how can the government be certain? If they are
coming to knock on doors and take your guns, they must assume the worst – that
any and every gun owner may be hostile and prepared to fight back.
What a massive operation this
would have to be. Hundreds of thousands of heavily armed agents would be necessary to
carry out such an astonishingly large maneuver. So far, none of those who
indicate they believe such a thing will happen can offer insight into exactly
how the US Federal government could possibly solve such a logistical nightmare.
Clearly, a country-wide confiscation is impossible, either done piecemeal or
large scale.
So, although a small-scale
operation would obviously be ineffective and met with strong resistance (so
these people insist), let's wind it down to look at the small picture. The
defenders contend they will meet force with force, and so I must assume that
shots are going to be fired. These folks claim there is no other way the
government is going to take their guns from them.
Obviously, the Feds are not going
to warn people like me ahead of time. If they inform all of us non-gun owners
of the impending action, they cannot be sure we won't tell our gun holding
neighbors. So, the Feds either have to force all of us local non-gun owners to
evacuate our homes or leave us to be caught in the crossfire. If they are going
to evacuate us, they will surely have to do it in secret – otherwise, you the
gun owners, will become suspicious. It would be impossible to secretly and
quietly evacuate all of the neighborhood non-gun owners (approximately
two-thirds of neighborhood residents). I have to assume the Feds will simply
leave us in our homes and hope that no innocent bystanders are killed or wounded
(can you imagine the lawsuits nationwide from collateral damage and injuries to
non-combatants after this massive gun-taking operation is complete?)
I must assume that if Federal agents
are planning to attack my next-door or backyard neighbor, they will mount the
attack from all sides. If you are planning to shoot back, you're going to be
shooting at my house, and the homes of everyone around us. So it is quite
likely that in such an invasion, my family and I could easily be killed, and my
home will obviously be damaged. I'm wondering who is going to pay for the
repairs? It will be pointless to sue you – you have already pledged to fight to
the death. After it's over, you're going to be carried out in a body bag.
Do you care that the rest of us
could easily be killed, injured, and/or suffer severe property damage? It
appears that you are only concerned about your Constitutional right to fire
your guns with the intent to kill any and all intruders.
How do your non-gun owning neighbors
feel, knowing that you don't care if they live or die, as long as you get to go
out in a blaze of glory, demanding your gun rights until yours (and many of
your neighbors') last dying breath? Apparently, as long as you get to fight
(and obviously die) for your gun rights, it doesn't matter to you how many
others die in the melee. The 'oh well, you should have armed yourself' line
doesn't work for me. I have no passion for buying and keeping guns, and while I
have no problem with you owning guns, I'm not interested in dying for your
cause.
I do not feel a need to arm and
protect myself when you go down. I DO have a problem being caught in your
personal crossfire. In fact, you must realize that not a single one of your
non-gun owing neighbors are willing to die during this invasion that you keep
insisting will happen when the Feds come to take your guns away.
Are you taking your wife and
children/grandchildren with you? Or will you send family members away so they
won't be harmed? Actually, that is not going to be possible, as it should be
obvious to you that the Feds aren't going to call you ahead of time and warn
you they are coming for your guns. No, your wife and kids are going to be in
the house when the shooting starts.
That is assuming, of course,
that you actually still intend to carry out your threats – that you will fight
force with force in order to protect your guns. In case you hadn't thought
about it, life insurance won't pay after this incident that results in your
death. They won't pay for someone who dies while committing what the insurance
companies will consider an illegal act.
How did it all end? According
to you, it ends with your death (you promised to fight to your last breath,
remember?) Do you think the rest of us (assuming we survive the onslaught) are
going to applaud you for shooting up our neighborhood? No, sorry. So what do
you get if this fantasy comes true? Nothing. Not a goddamn thing except your
dead body (if, as mentioned, you are true to your promise to fight to the
death).
The reality is, of course, that
this is NEVER going to happen; no one is EVER coming to your house to take your
guns. A nationwide confiscation of guns is logistically impossible. There is
simply no way the Federal government could ever carry out an operation of this
magnitude, and there is no way they would ever consider doing such a thing.
You are NEVER going to face a
hail of bullets defending your 2nd Amendment rights. If you don't
get that, you are clearly not sane enough to own firearms. If you do get it,
you also know that because it is pure fantasy, you will NEVER have to actually
prove you have the balls to do it.
Further, it is obvious to
millions of Americans that all of your posturing is just hot air. Just pseudo-macho
blathering about how you're going to go out in a blaze of glory. You make these
bizarre claims because you live in a dream world.
Someeecards |
Save the rest of us from your ridiculous blustering. Stop
your melodramatic claims of false bravado. Stop babbling on and on endlessly
about defending your guns to the death in this mythical, paranoid, hysterical fantasy
that you perpetuate ad nauseam.
No one with an ounce of intelligence is buying any of it.
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