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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
22. I wear a seatbelt but I don't look forward to being in an accident.
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 02:34 PM
Jul 2015

Look, if you want to live as a corralled herd animal that is your choice. I'm sure your masters will pat you benevolently on the head and congratulate you and working so diligently for the state. If that is who you are, fine; but that doesn't obligate anyone else to seek a comfortable half-existence with a police state that spies on its own citizens.


How, exactly -- exactly -- do you see your lauded deterrent working? Actually?

Would you advocate confiscating guns from those who refused to surrender them knowing the potential reaction?
Huh? Any links to specific threads? villager Jul 2015 #1
I'll ask you -- Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #2
It's your OP and your thesis. Where are these pro-MIC DUers in gun control threads? villager Jul 2015 #3
We'll count you as one of them. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #4
Sure, Senator McCarthy. Absent any links, evidence, proof, etc., you just go ahead! villager Jul 2015 #5
My first premise is -- the assumption the MIC obviates the need for a militia. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #7
So you view yourself as part of a "well-regulated militia" taking up arms *against* the MIC? villager Jul 2015 #8
"Those threads were hardly supportive of the MIC, however." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #9
re: "...a gun control advocate has made a comment to the effect..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2015 #10
Ah yes, the ol' "lay back, try to relax and hopefully it will all be over soon" defense. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #13
No, Sen. McCarthy, those threads were about "well-regulated militias" and the intent villager Jul 2015 #11
"Those threads don't exist." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #12
So you're keeping your guns oiled and ready for an eventual showdown with our own government? villager Jul 2015 #15
Actually, I can't help but think a people who are well armed and of the mind to defend themselves Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #16
So you really *do* watch "Red Dawn" a lot in your household. villager Jul 2015 #17
Actually, I've never seen the original but I want to see the new one but only because Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #18
I'm just curious who it is you actually imagine gunning down in the streets of your neighborhood villager Jul 2015 #19
I don't imagine gunning down anyone. Why do Controllers imagine decent people gunning Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #20
Ok, so you imagine robbers, rapists, foreigners, and U.S. Army folk being deterred by your guns villager Jul 2015 #21
I wear a seatbelt but I don't look forward to being in an accident. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #22
You of course keep dodging the question. *How* -- exactly -- will your guns keep the MIC in check? villager Jul 2015 #23
I'm not dodging. Do you think any serious person would propose banning guns knowing Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #24
I'm just curious what dog you actually imagine beating in the streets of your neighborhood. beevul Jul 2015 #25
????? villager Jul 2015 #26
ROFLCOPTER beevul Jul 2015 #27
Whatevs, Beevul, whatevs. villager Jul 2015 #28
You forgot to include needledriver Jul 2015 #14
Just another hoplophobe showing their true colors. n/t oneshooter Jul 2015 #29
There are many words here- digonswine Jul 2015 #30
No, that's not why I support the RKBA. I support the RKBA because self-defense is a human right. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #31
Surely you have noticed needledriver Jul 2015 #6
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