Leroy wrote:elklindo69 wrote:Leroy wrote:You just can't reason with someone like Elk that believes a Government will never turn on its people - the Germans had the same way of thinking, as did the Egyptians, Syrians, etc....
What elk misses is that the "Common Defense ... of the United States" has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment.
The real nut job is the one that ignores the clear wording of the 2nd Amendment and that believes his government will never turn against him.
Militias consisting of private gun owners are incapable of resisting any invasion or insurrection. Does the Whiskey rebellion ring a bell. It's exactly the opposite, a simple web search would indicate that there are dozens of neocon insurrection groups operating in the backwoods of the nation.
So historically how many democratically elected governments were over thrown by budding authoritarian regimes?
There are dozens of Democrat insurrection groups operating in the OPEN in this country, and they have direct support in our current government - they are trying to overthrow the Constitution.
If you really think that "Militias consisting of private gun owners are incapable of resisting any invasion or insurrection." then you're a complete loon. There is a dramatic difference between wanting to drink Alcohol and wanting FREEDOM. Most countries citizens rise up against governments turned Fascist - get out of your bunker.
Name one instance where a citizen's militia group has overthrown an authoritarian regime though an armed conflict????
Name one in recent time, we all want to know.
Look at Iraq, every swinging dick and then some owned a hand gun, rifle, shotgun, assault rifle, automatic weapon and so on. They had weapons that are banned here in the United States. Saddam didn't give a rats ass whether or not the population had firearms. He was a dictator who ruled with an iron fist for years and nobody attempted to ever over throw his regime. So how successful were they in defeating Saddam? Now you have the revolution in Egypt, where there was very little private ownership of firearms, and how do you think they defeated that military dictatorship? Does Facebook or Twitter ring a bell? 
If you haven't realized it, the government has an insurmountable advantage in weaponry and brute force. They have tanks, bombers, cruise missiles, aircraft carriers, intercontinental ballistic nuclear submarines, and other types of fancy weaponry that can annihilate you in your sleep.
OH BTW.... Red Dawn was just a movie.
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