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oldsoftie

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55. Protecting against the Govt may have been legit 200yrs ago.

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 10:31 AM

Feb 2023

But today, your small arms are little use against a govt with tanks & jets & rockets. Sure, you could out up a fight, but not much of one and not for long.
And I AM a gun owner; I just have zero thoughts about "protecting myself from the govt". If the govt wants to do something detrimental to me, the only thing I can do about it is vote those out who are pushing 'it"

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I got into it with a gun humper on another site; which can be an echo chamber of stupidity... [View all] Javaman Feb 2023 OP

What they refer to as a loss of rights is a loss of power over others NutmegYankee Feb 2023 #1

This is definitely true in some cases TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #8

Whenever you hear a conservative or libertarian rail about "government tyranny"... JHB Feb 2023 #38

Did they feel that way about the gubmint when Trump was in office, I wonder? Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #2

The corporations-as-evil concept doesn't register with the de-educated. live love laugh Feb 2023 #3

The government hating is an excuse really treestar Feb 2023 #4

RightWingers are, at their core, perverted control freaks. blm Feb 2023 #5

People like that are not comfortable with rational thinking. patphil Feb 2023 #6

Something has to be responsible for their misery and failures... Chainfire Feb 2023 #7

This is it, exactly. yardwork Feb 2023 #20

What about the RIGHTS OF OTHERS? MagickMuffin Feb 2023 #9

"The rights of others" old as dirt Feb 2023 #40

Thx for the video MagickMuffin Feb 2023 #44

Interesting thanks for posting Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #10

it's really hard to tell sometimes LOL nt Javaman Feb 2023 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #12

they act like a bot when in publik echoing and parroting wo a decent answer. AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #21

si. AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #24

Doesn't negate us telling our truths. scipan Feb 2023 #48

Gun humpers who talk like that moreland01 Feb 2023 #13

Yup, they bombed strikers, why do they think the government Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #57

I'm using this first chance I get duhneece Feb 2023 #14

Misdirected anger wss2001 Feb 2023 #15

Virginia gov. (R) blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories progree Feb 2023 #16

+1 peppertree Feb 2023 #27

Loved this part! Grins Feb 2023 #17

this? AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #26

I had a "friend" who was a gun hugger moonshinegnomie Feb 2023 #18

I hear you. I had a friend who liked to say "2nd Amendment - just in case." peppertree Feb 2023 #25

I call it the "Second Commandment". old as dirt Feb 2023 #41

Sad, but true. peppertree Feb 2023 #42

You have the patience of a saint may I say!! Peacetrain Feb 2023 #22

The paranoia among many Republicans these days is Hitleresque. peppertree Feb 2023 #23

It's possible that he was baiting you in the same way you baited him FakeNoose Feb 2023 #28

It's a cult. usonian Feb 2023 #29

This is true for any right winger on any position. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #30

They usually shoot back with SuperSkinny Feb 2023 #31

It's what school children deal with every day. old as dirt Feb 2023 #39

The goverment tries to do things somewhat fairly and Righty can't deal with that. hadEnuf Feb 2023 #32

Expanding definition of Woke. mjvpi Feb 2023 #33

They are locked and loaded. Brains were turned off decades ago after a steady diet of Rush and Fox. Evolve Dammit Feb 2023 #34

RWers have been conditioned to hate & fear the "gob-ment" BECAUSE Martin Eden Feb 2023 #35

Also, the "gob'ment" is less likely to take legal action... JHB Feb 2023 #36

I have guns, but anyone who thinks they use theirs against the govt.... JohnnyRingo Feb 2023 #37

Tank Rampage in San Diego on the CBS Evening News 1995 old as dirt Feb 2023 #43

I remember that JohnnyRingo Feb 2023 #45

I always think lonely bird Feb 2023 #54

gun humpers are PARANOID COWARDS Skittles Feb 2023 #46

I was talking to a fellow veteran last week who was telling me about his gun collection 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #47

"Look it up" means 'I've got nothing to back up this bullshit'. keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #49

they "looked it up" on Fox News Skittles Feb 2023 #50

an echo chamber of stupidity... Fla_Democrat Feb 2023 #51

My response gun humpers usually is RocRizzo55 Feb 2023 #52

What did you accomplish? Kaleva Feb 2023 #53

was the point to accomplish anything? Javaman Feb 2023 #58

You got 124 recks for doing nothing Kaleva Feb 2023 #59

I feel your frustration Javaman Feb 2023 #60

Thank you for your articulate response! Kaleva Feb 2023 #62

Protecting against the Govt may have been legit 200yrs ago. oldsoftie Feb 2023 #55

A little history here.... albacore Feb 2023 #61