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jlf1961 -> RE: The Best Historic Argument in Keeping Guns. (10/13/2015 2:42:57 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MariaB
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
Alright, for the anti gun, more regulations, more restrictions, more "what kind of gun" you can own folks.
I have seen quite a few people say that you do not need a gun for self defense, thats what the police are for.
So, since pictures are worth a 1000 words, then video must be worth a few million.
The best argument for private gun ownership.
You really have to love history.
I get the impression that you live and breath for 'guns'. Its such a passion of yours that even on an adult BDSM site, this appears to be your only interest.
Sometimes you have to accept that regardless of what you say; what you research and what you post will fall on deaf ears because when people feel strongly enough about a hot political topic like this, they don't let facts get in the way, they just find their own facts to make a counter attack.
I do understand that finding evidence to back up your argument will give you that feel good effect. That works both ways.
Instead of spending your time looking up and posting your own truths, you should go and take a look at the Emory Study http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060131092225.htm
Your impression is quite wrong.
But then, you probably are suffering a perception problem.
First I am a combat vet, I was a sniper in the army.
Second, I worked in law enforcement and private specialized security a number of years.
Finally, I hold a masters in history.
Funny thing about history, it repeats itself.
And humans, while sober, sane and intelligent at the individual level, are mindless animals as a group as soon as they percieve the system is failing.
Driving through South Central LA in the days following the riots, it reminded me of Beruit during that country's civil war. Facilities you would have thought would be spared, such as satalite emergency rooms and health clinics were burned out shells, the staff having had fled when they realized that they were no longer safe.
The city police force was so overwhelmed, the national guard was mobilized in an effort to stem the problem, it became appearant early on, that the best and only option was to set up defensive positions where people could seek refuge and gather in safety.
The security firm I worked for also had international contracts, one of which was providing security for WHO relief clinics.
Again, the very facilities there to help were the first targeted.
You see, as soon as the infrastructure appears to be overwhelmed, humans panic, and in doing so, attack and destroy the very things that are there to help in such a crisis, once those are gone, everything else is a target of the mob's anger and fear.
In LA, one of the first things I was assigned to do was to go and escort the staff of a health clinic to safety. During the first 48 hours, ambulance crews refused to answer calls without armed escort. Police and sheriff's units traveled in groups of five. Armed National Guard helicopters operated in the same manner in a US city that they would have in a war zone.
Store owners had to threaten, and in a few instances, use deadly force to protect their property and the lives of their family.
Strangely enough, after the riots of the 60's I heard politicians and "experts" say it could not happen again.
The thin veneer of "civilization" does nothing more than cover up what is still a strong pack instinct in humans, and all one as to do is watch the news to see how fast "civilized" humans turn into a pack of animals with nothing to control them but raw emotion.
And yet, people point to a chunk of metal and claim that is the problem. Thing is that during the LA riots, even street gangs went for pure brutality of bricks, rocks, clubs rather than guns. Once the mob mentality takes hold, effenciency of a gun is cast aside for the pure violence and brutality of getting your hands bloody.
This is your civilized humanity at its finest.
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