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In reply to the discussion: The gun nuts are DELUSIONAL... [View all]CTyankee
(63,912 posts)79. It's amazing how many times I encounter this kind of delusion with gun folks...
it seems to be a recurring meme. I can only imagine the narrative that goes along with it, like something out of a novel or maybe one of those futuristic movies where there is only this one guy who is left to fight the Enemy State that has taken over America, with only his trusty gun and his wiles. Kind of a tragic hero, doomed yet defiant to the very end...very romantic in its own way. I've heard this enough (only more fleshed out) to where I think it is a common fantasy, perhaps a wish to return to more heroic, noble times. Often it blends in with the modernization of the Civil War where the South wins, or at least goes down fighting to the end...then roll the credits and the lights go up in the theatre as the movie theme music surges...
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It's amazing how many times I encounter this kind of delusion with gun folks...
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#79
Contrary to your fantasies, the rank and file military would not blindly follow orders to shoot
Undismayed
Jan 2013
#92
A drone flying at 1000ft can target you & kill you, and you wouldn't even know it's there.
baldguy
Jan 2013
#91
No, in their Turner Diary, die-hard-like imaginations, they just hold off the blue helmets...
Bucky
Jan 2013
#4
Does your reading of the 2nd amendment include the right to bear car bombs and other IEDs?
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#8
Yeah, if you find someone building one, arrest em, fair trial, and jail time.
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#62
Irrelevent. Car bombs & IEDs are illegal here and illegal in the US.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#14
"Do you really think that the US would start dropping bombs on buildings ..."
FiveGoodMen
Jan 2013
#40
Illegally, and not covered by the 2nd am. Find someone doing it? Lock em up. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#61
The old "why have any laws at all, then, because some people will still break them" canard.
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#81
Right. How well did that work out for Randy Weaver or David Koresh, for example?
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#72
You clearly dont understand the idea of a tyrannical government with the USA's weaponry
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#19
They kicked us out like Japan kicked us out. Like Germany kicked out USSR, US, UK and France
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#18
Not only do I know that, I can name them without looking that up. It doesnt change the point. nt
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#88
I'm not insecure. I'm just tired of folks on your side of the argument shooting kids.
Robb
Jan 2013
#50
Isn't this considered treasonous to advocate to overthrow the govt because you don't like
kimbutgar
Jan 2013
#66
I'm perplexed by DUers telling other DUers that the US Government is going to send all four branches
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#90
And how useful were fighters and bombers and artillery during the occupation of Iraq?
krispos42
Jan 2013
#99
I'll bookmark this so I can check if North Vietnam's surrendered a year from now. n/t
Glaug-Eldare
Jan 2013
#102