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I'm a military man and I think we should ban assault weapons
What a sad state this country has come to where a so-called devoted military veteran completely loses sight on the core reason he served: to support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I, too, am a veteran who gave 20 years of my life serving the same constitution. I was a lowly enlisted guy; and yet I feel I have a better understanding of why I served and the constitution I was charged with defending than a so-called 'educated' officer. There is no word "except" in the 2nd amendment.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms (except those that could kill a lot of people at one time), shall not be infringed."
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American" - Tench Coxe (1788)
You either don't give a damn about what our founders said and their intent on the individual keeping and bearing their own arms, or you just don't know. If it's the former, based on some ridiculous notion that they could have never understood firearm technology would get to this point, then push to have the 2nd repealed because no weapon used today could have been anticipated in its existence. If it's the latter then get a ####ing education.
How dare Col Peters dictate to me or anyone else what we, as individuals, should or should have. Coxe was clear "... and every other terrible implement of the soldier". The intent was that the people should be just as well-armed as our military in order for THE PEOPLE to have the means to defend ourselves from tyranny.
You libs have run around calling Trump the next Hitler. If this fear is real, are you really comfortable with this thought that he could get our military to act against the people in order to become the next Hitler, and you are pushing to be completely helpless against this by being disarmed? This is exactly why the 2nd amendment was ratified. This is exactly why our founders wanted the people to be fully armed. Knowledgeable people like Col Peters calling for such bans only tells me he wants our military to hold all of the power. That should scare the hell out of everyone.
Col Peters said: "These are military weapons. Their purpose is to kill human beings." YES Col Peters, exactly! That's we own any firearm. I don't hunt. I don't go to the target range every week. I don't skeet shoot. I have firearms for two reasons and two only: to defend my family, myself and my property; and two be ready when/if Trump tries to install himself as dictator. And I'll be damn if someone like Peters is going to throw his resume as a veteran at me to justify his desire to dictate to me how I would arm myself.
I served in the US Army, including unforgettable years in an infantry battalion. I fired my share of automatic weapons, from M16A1s to machine guns and even Kalashnikovs. (Let’s not talk about dud-grenade disposal . . .)
And I’m a gun owner. As I write these lines, there’s an 1858 Tower musket behind me and a Colt on my desk.
But I believe, on moral, practical and constitutional grounds, that no private citizen should own an automatic weapon or a semi-automatic weapon that can easily be modified for automatic effects.
These are military weapons. Their purpose is to kill human beings. They’re not used for hunting (unless you want to destroy the animal’s meat). They’re lousy for target shooting. But they’re excellent tools for mass murder.
What a sad state this country has come to where a so-called devoted military veteran completely loses sight on the core reason he served: to support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I, too, am a veteran who gave 20 years of my life serving the same constitution. I was a lowly enlisted guy; and yet I feel I have a better understanding of why I served and the constitution I was charged with defending than a so-called 'educated' officer. There is no word "except" in the 2nd amendment.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms (except those that could kill a lot of people at one time), shall not be infringed."
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American" - Tench Coxe (1788)
You either don't give a damn about what our founders said and their intent on the individual keeping and bearing their own arms, or you just don't know. If it's the former, based on some ridiculous notion that they could have never understood firearm technology would get to this point, then push to have the 2nd repealed because no weapon used today could have been anticipated in its existence. If it's the latter then get a ####ing education.
How dare Col Peters dictate to me or anyone else what we, as individuals, should or should have. Coxe was clear "... and every other terrible implement of the soldier". The intent was that the people should be just as well-armed as our military in order for THE PEOPLE to have the means to defend ourselves from tyranny.
You libs have run around calling Trump the next Hitler. If this fear is real, are you really comfortable with this thought that he could get our military to act against the people in order to become the next Hitler, and you are pushing to be completely helpless against this by being disarmed? This is exactly why the 2nd amendment was ratified. This is exactly why our founders wanted the people to be fully armed. Knowledgeable people like Col Peters calling for such bans only tells me he wants our military to hold all of the power. That should scare the hell out of everyone.
Col Peters said: "These are military weapons. Their purpose is to kill human beings." YES Col Peters, exactly! That's we own any firearm. I don't hunt. I don't go to the target range every week. I don't skeet shoot. I have firearms for two reasons and two only: to defend my family, myself and my property; and two be ready when/if Trump tries to install himself as dictator. And I'll be damn if someone like Peters is going to throw his resume as a veteran at me to justify his desire to dictate to me how I would arm myself.