Yes, stand up and say no!

I forgot who said it, but it's true, "An armed society is a polite society"

What the article fails to address is that Americans more and more are fearful of government and understand what the founders did...that firearms are the only thing between the citizens and tyranny. This is particularly glaring when to look at the picture in the article. That gal there is not addressing criminals but government. The photo does not match the text.

Brings me back to the comment I made recently on the issue of police shootings. I asked if there were enough, enough to perhaps decrease the crime rate.

This article mentions blacks arming themselves against criminals since they are realizing they can protect themselves better than those that simply wait for the police to arrive.

Think about that. We pay police for protecting us, then we jump all over them when their adrenaline gets the best of them while trying to do what we pay them to do. I thank the Almighty that I didn't take that job with the Sheriff's Department after the Nam. My adrenaline couldn't really handle some of those situations they are put in, especially in my younger days. And I know about adrenaline, I remember the experience I got in a far and distant land, a lot more than I want to remember.

I know so many people now that "carry". I was out with one of my closest friends recently, I notice his shirt had gotten hung up on his hand gun that I never knew he carried. We've always talked about guns and such, but I never ever knew he carried. I asked him about it and he said he's carried so long that he never even thinks about it at all. He says is like getting up in the morning and putting on your socks. He then asked me if I carry, and I simply replied, "maybe". I do believe the police 'carry' to protect themselves from the people we pay them to protect.

Greg Gutfeld is a actually a pretty smart man. I really don't see that "they" will ever get our guns. And I hope that "we" don't let "them" put too many restrictions (and taxes) on our right to bear arms. I would hope we would fight to protect that right.

Gutfeld is usually right on such topics. He can imbue the most serious subjects with a touch of humor. However, he got me thinking of a guy who shoots from the hip and is getting creamed in the libpress for it. Rand Paul wasn't taking any guff from the female interviewers on two separate occasions making them ask their questions without editorializing them. Hooray!! Later, he sorta apologized for not controlling his temper. Hell, Rand, go get 'em. Don't let the ladies intimidate because they are female. It's just a pretext so that if you became the nominee, you'll be a gentler, calmer Rand when you're up against Hillary. Go sic them. We wish we could.

This is why for a number of years now I have done ALL of my investing in precious metals... BRASS AND LEAD!!

Why feel guilty about having the means to protect yourself?
Where I live in the Deep South people are proud of their guns.

Remember: When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.

So why won't people guard their income as they guard their persons, and the means for their defense?

The sheep don't like the sheepdog because it reminds them of the wolf yet when the wolf shows up the sheep run to the sheepdog for protection. Just think of the left as being stupid sheep and run to the wolf. My view on why we have gun control.

Rudyard Kipling

Tommy
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.


I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.


Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.


We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.


You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

gun control takes guns out of the Good Folks' hands!!! -- j

I think we all have to restrict the amount of money that the police, and government in general, takes from us. The more money they have, the more they want to control us. Same with Russia- the more resources they have, the more they want to take over the world.

The purpose of police and government is supposedly to protect your rights. I agree that police typically just clean up the bodies AFTER the fact. I have to admit I feel safer when they are NOT around to take my freedom and money for the stupid laws out there. Maybe the real hidden purpose of the police is to keep citizens' revolutions from happening. Certainly the purpose of the NSA currently is to protect the government FROM the people

Bullseye!

This article is good news. Thanks for posting it. Perhaps some ideas do eventually get through to the voters...but look what had to happen to Detroit in order for this to work.

Jan