RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
February 13, 2013 at 8:32 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2013 at 8:33 am by Brakeman.)
(February 12, 2013 at 11:44 am)Minimalist Wrote: .. and most of them never ever get the opportunity to shoot some minority...which is what this is all about.
We've blown right by the number killed in the entire Mexican War ( 1733.)
..
There is a sliver of truth there, I have seen it, but it is only a sliver. It is not an accurate portrayal of the group as a whole. Even looking introspectively, there is a sliver of racism, if somewhat unintentional, as here in South Carolina, the black to white population is about 70 white to 30 black, but the prison population ratio is exactly the opposite. The "ruffians" or "thugs" that I see while driving in my neighborhood are now predominately black, where in East Tenn, my previous residence, they were predominately white. We all have a mental image of "the bad man" that we wish to protect ourselves from. It's called "self preservation." The police will only "protect me" after I've been attacked, you know. If my neighborhood was safe, I wouldn't see these thug types roaming the street in neighborhoods they don't live in. Their existence is a reason to have self protection capabilities. I don't owe anybody a "first go at my daughters or a first hit at me" so I am sometimes armed. If I gut shoot a lily white mormon or any other race who has attacked my family, I'll not feel remorse any more than I would over the general decay of the world.
The thugs of this world do have a choice, so when I protect myself from them, I am only reacting to a choice that they made.
When I was 14 years old, I stopped a vicious rape in progress with a rifle. The attacker was a big guy that I knew to be a Golden Gloves boxing champion. With out the gun, I could not have stopped the pummeling and rape of the girl. I could not have held him until the cops arrived (A neighbor later came out with a handgun and helped me hold him.)
As for the Mexican war casualties thing.. I think you should have skipped that one, we didn't behave well during that war, and in no way was it honorable. I just kind of see it as counting the number of US troops that died during the "Trail of tears." Kind of tacky..
Find the cure for Fundementia!