Come and take'em
Posted by stargeezer 11 years, 3 months ago to Legislation
This video pretty much sums up how a lot of us gun owners feel about what's been going on in DC. The musical accompaniment is very good (to me) and I'll be adding it to a "special" playlist it will "fit" nicely with.
Only a person who thinks that government can decide what tools I own. Some of my tools go buzzzzz, some go hmmm and some go bang, they are all tools.
Only a person who thinks that government can decide what tools I own. Some of my tools go buzzzzz, some go hmmm and some go bang, they are all tools.
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"Come and take it"... that was the Confederacy's sentiment.
"You'll have to pry it from our cold dead hands".
Nice sentiment.
Most American males above a certain age have seen the movie, "Zulu". The song "Men of Harlech" is given new lyrics, but the sentiment remains the same, "Welshmen...will not yield!"*
Harlech castle actually fell.
What has been demonstrated by the opposition, long before Ruby Ridge or Waco, is "come and take it" is no deterrent, and "pry it from our cold dead hands" is no conscientious impediment. Many, I suspect, would prefer it that way.
There's a scene in red dawn where an American citizen's body is laying behind his pickup, with the bumper sticker clearly visible, "They can pry it from my cold, dead hand"... as a Cuban mercenary in the foreground pries the pistol from his cold dead hand.
So, this is a very heartening video, but I take Rhett Butler's view on the matter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72nI4Ex_...
of course, we all know history repeats (especially in fiction)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF27OtzAs...
*In the 100 degree afternoon heat, when the heat and exhaustion from laying brick were getting to me, when I was young and foolish, the jobsite would ring with the sound of my whistling "Gary Owen"... when that failed, my last ditch effort to dredge the last bit of strength and energy from myself was to begin singing "Men of Harlech".
My body's paying for that foolishness now.
The moral of my comment is, you shouldn't taunt the tiger until you're certain you have a sufficiently powerful hunting rifle, and that it is primed and ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziooNi7pn...