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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
8. I must disagree with something that was said by a poster on this thread.
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 07:15 PM
Jun 2012

Flying Squirrel said,
"And the oppressors might not have been so bold if they had known their prey might have guns."

It may sound like a logical point but..........................If private citizens had guns, and used them against the legal
laws of the time, and shot some of the people who were sent to round them up, immediately the totalitarian state in which
the laws were, would send in the army or cops and immediately..KILL the shooters..

Once the Nazis got in, no one would believe that they would indeed do waht they eventually did. Couldn't happen in a modern state like Germany. Hitler wouldn't start another war so soon..after the Great War..that killed millions of people..Would he?
Remember there was a peace movent in the mid 20s thru the mid 30s. No one wanted another war..It would be much worse
people thought. After Hitler broke his word in 1937 in Czechoslovakia, then the rest of the world thought there would probably be war with him.

Well, Hitler already had a 5 year start on rearmament, and the Bismark (that huge battleship) was already being built..To say that Hitler and the rest ofthe oppressors might not be so bold..if guns were taken from the Jews and others who were exterminated...is absurd.

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For a second, there, I thought you meant they ELOPED!! nt MADem Jun 2012 #1
Maybe they should. Tennessee Gal Jun 2012 #2
That really would portend the end of the world obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #7
Think of the offspring... Nevernose Jun 2012 #9
Would Joe accept Bristol as an equal??? Stuart G Jun 2012 #10
I think that is how you create one of the four horsemen!! Initech Jun 2012 #14
Oh God -- I just ate!!! obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #16
Nice twist on "Think of the CHILDREN!" FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #18
lol! me too! eom ellenfl Jun 2012 #24
Which one is Beavis and which is Butthead.... WCGreen Jun 2012 #3
"and it was quite lousy, acutally a very bad show" Enrique Jun 2012 #4
I`m not an advocate for gun rights Flying Squirrel Jun 2012 #5
I must disagree with something that was said by a poster on this thread. Stuart G Jun 2012 #8
A few years past, I read that the reason that the Japanese... Yavapai Jun 2012 #19
I wouldn't believe what you read about "a few years past" Stuart G Jun 2012 #21
LOL. tabasco Jun 2012 #25
I bet they pull Bristol's show obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #6
Now if they pull her show, what will happen to the poor gal? Stuart G Jun 2012 #11
hahahahaha obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #15
Maybe she and the Octomom could go into business together? calimary Jun 2012 #17
Oh let's hope so!!! calimary Jun 2012 #12
I can't believe she is THIS stupid, see below Tx4obama Jun 2012 #13
Oh, there are so many big clues she should take from this... n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #22
Maybe she'll finally realize that no one gives a shit about her. nt Ilsa Jun 2012 #20
I hope the show is cancelled next week. Stuart G Jun 2012 #28
i heard the plumber ad and it's fucking despicable. nobody has touched your fucking gun, joe spanone Jun 2012 #23
Not Joe the Not Plumber is Not a Credible Candidate? Go figure ... struggle4progress Jun 2012 #26
Well they didn't die so...... deaniac21 Jun 2012 #27
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