People need to speak like this more... and publicly.
Remember how it's been said more than once that
the purpose of the 2nd Amendment
is to keep enough guns in the hands of the citizenry
that they can revolt against the next tyrannical government
(or to scare prospective tyrants so badly
that they keep the injustice toned down to a dull roar)?
Today I spotted something fascinating in a soundbite that Howie played
of (assault weapon owner) Tucker Carlson trolling Bill DeBlasio; the transcript:
(I've trimmed heavily, but Impatient-Americans should scroll way down to the bolded quote).
Real Clear Politics:
Tucker Carlson vs. Bill de Blasio: Dirty New York City, Public Defecation, Gun Control, 2020 Run
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CARLSON: We’re returning to our unexpected, but I think genuinely interesting, conversation with the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, ... , I want to ask about one of your policy positions on firearms. You have said that you’re for mandatory buybacks of semiautomatic rifles.
So, there are tens of millions of these rifles in circulation now. And presumably, some large number of people won't feel like buying -- selling them to the government.
What do you do with those people?
DE BLASIO: ... We’ve got to end the availability of assault weapons in this country. So, I think if there was a ban on assault weapons and there was a buyback program, the vast majority of people I think would do the smart thing, and they would sell them back. I don't have a specific answer for you. I think it’s a good question --
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: But millions -- but hold on, millions wouldn’t. So, you know, you would have law-abiding people like me, and like a lot of people I know, who have hunting rifles that fall under assault weapon category and the cops would show up and say, give us your gun. And they would say no. And you would have, unfortunately, tragically, you would have cases of violence. Are you OK with that? That’s inevitable.
DE BLASIO: No, Tucker, I’m being honest -- I’m being honest with you. I think anyone in public life should say, you know, when we -- when we think we have an answer or whether there’s something we still have to work out, what I know is this -- we cannot have assault weapons in our society. We’ve seen the devastating impact. They need to be banned.
And that means by definition, you don't leave millions and millions of them out there. The buyback is the obvious approach. How we deal with someone who doesn't want to participate in the buyback, that’s something we have to resolve going forward. But to me, the logic you start with -- ... the military-grade assault weapons, those just don't belong in the hands of everyday people.
CARLSON: Would you subject your bodyguards to the same limitations as other American citizens?
DE BLASIO: Again, Tucker, I respect you, but that's a question that makes no sense whatsoever. You have sworn law enforcement officers --
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CARLSON: You get free bodyguards.
DE BLASIO: No, no, no, no.
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CARLSON: You've got bodyguards living at your house. I know some of the bodyguards living at your house, OK? And they've got magazines that I can't protect my family with.
DE BLASIO: Right. OK.
CARLSON: Does that bother you as a champion of a little guy?
DE BLASIO: Tucker -- Tucker, someone who serves in public service for a limited period of time and in the society we’re living in -- and I hate to say it, but public servants are vulnerable to violence in a different way. ...
i was thinking why not have a "go list", with names and numbers of people to call to come over to the house to help repel the police trying to confiscate your stuff.
There's also the concept of the "go away list".
That guy in Oregon got red flagged for claiming he had one.
If they start doing that shit, some people will just start rigging bombs or returning to their homes and sniping from a distance.