Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Subject: Have a shotgun?
You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.
Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up
your shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows.
One holds something that looks like a crowbar.
When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun
and fire.
The blast knocks both thugs to the floor.
One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door
and lurches outside.
As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few
that are privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them
useless..
Yours was never registered.
Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died.
They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities
will probably plea the case down to manslaughter.
"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing.
"Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper.
Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men
you shot are represented as choirboys.
Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind word to say about them..
Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both
"victims" have been arrested numerous times.
But the next day's headline says it all:
"Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die."
The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin
Hood-type pranksters..
As the days wear on, the story takes wings.
The national media picks it up, then the international media.
The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.
Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.
The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized
several times in the past and that you've been critical of local
police for their lack of effort in apprehending the suspects.
After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be
prepared next time.
The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait
for the burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial.
The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted.
When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works
against you..
Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man.
It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison.
This case really happened.
On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed
one burglar and wounded a second.
In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term...
How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great
British Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903.
This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or
felons and established that handgun sales were to be made only to
those who had a license.
The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only
handguns but all firearms except shotguns..
Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon
by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the
Hungerfordmass shooting in 1987.
Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle,
walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw.
When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun
control", demanded even tougher restrictions.
(The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even
though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a
semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public
school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally
unstable, or worse, criminals.
Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners.
Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of
objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns.
The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few
sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took
away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed
self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism.
Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were
threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a
reason to own a gun.
Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while
the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying,
"We cannot have people take the law into their own hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times,
and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young
thugs who had no fear of the consequences.
Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his
collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were
given three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law.
The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year
prison sentences if they didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from
private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns?
The guns had been registered and licensed.
Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND
AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
"...It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
--Samuel Adams
If you think this is important, please forward to everyone you know.
You had better wake up, because Obama is doing this very same thing,
over here, if he can get it done
The UN Small Arms Treaty that Hillary is negotiating would take away
our 2nd Amendment rights.
And there are stupid people in congress and on the street that will go
right along with him.
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jghedge
climber
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"Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying,
"We cannot have people take the law into their own hands.""
And they were proven right.
Gun deaths are practically non-existent in the UK.
The Brits will never allow what's happening here to happen there - they're not stupid.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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I ordered a new gun today.
I'm clearly not stable enough to be buying guns on a whim, yet it was sickeningly easy. WTF is wrong with this country?
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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LOL, the UN is going to take our 2nd amendment rights. Classic rightwing nuttery.
You are pretty gullible too, Ron. Always nice to read your e-mail inbox here.
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prickle
Gym climber
globe,az
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I ordered a new gun today.
I'm clearly not stable enough to be buying guns on a whim, yet it was sickeningly easy. WTF is wrong with this country?
i just sent your post to the fbi
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Yes, I am scared as hell about what President Obama is "doing" to take away my 2nd Amendment rights.
What was it again he was "doing"?
Oh yeah, now I remember,
After the mass murder 28 children and teachers, he said that we should be having a "national conversation", that we as a nation should try to "get together" and see if we can "do something" about all this.
Boy, does that kind of talk piss me off. I can just see my guns being taken away.
Only an ignorant, paranoid, and very naive person would conclude from what he said that he personally is "doing" something about my fuking 2nd Amendment "rights"
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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i just sent your post to the fbi
They won't care.
70K violations found on background checks, about half convicted felons stopped from purchasing a firearm
only 4000 deemed worthy of investigation
only 200 prosecutions.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/grants/234173.pdf
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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The UN is not going to take away anything from American citizens,..
directly.
Instead, once they "decide" what kind of civil liberties countries can and cannot grant its own citizens in order for them to retain membership in the organization, the UN then hands the rabid anti-gun politicians a "justification" for their agenda.
Its fukking politics.
But how many gun related deaths were there in the UK?
:-(
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prickle
Gym climber
globe,az
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They won't care.
70K violations found on background checks, about half convicted felons stopped from purchasing a firearm
only 4000 deemed worthy of investigation
only 200 prosecutions.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/grants/234173.pdf
good point, now hand over control of your healthcare to the govt because they do everything so well...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Ron, it is good to see that you are an advocate of breaking the law with respect to guns, as in the case of the British guy who killed the guy who was not threatening him. (ooops!)
Of course, he could have done what any rational person could have done, which was to call the police.
If he had fear, he could have bought a dog. Many people do that.
He could have had an alarm.
Pepper spray would have been very effective in this situation!
He could have blasted a horn. I've heard that burglars don't like loud noises, for some reason.
Instead of opening his door, he could have LOCKED his door.
Gosh, don't they teach cops about these things?????
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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What is with that spammer and their phone spams?
barthenson burn in hell!
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(farmer)
A few facts were left out of the Tony Martin propaganda piece that Ron posted.
Why would they leave out facts??
The jury got it right - you are allowed to kill for self defence in England. It's obvious from the facts that Martin lied and did far more than that - the 10-2 jury decision was not even close.
So Britain has had no mass shootings since the 90s - while we have had 7 or the worst in history since 2007!
ya - England - what a bunch of wankers
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Ken
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
---Thomas Jefferson: Draft Virginia Constitution, 1776. "
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Ok,, so Fienstiens new bill proposals also mention "registration " of all grandfathered arms,,(Millions) and a return basically to the first BRady bill days.. These "registrations" are ALREADY on the books, at each end every place that sells arms. ONLY THEY keep actual serial numbers and type of arm. The FBI only asks --long gun, or handgun in the back ground checks. Now, for those guns that have been sold off privately attempting to trace those down will be a herculean effort.. So instead of just making a new law requiring DEALERS to input the serial number and model of weapon,, they will instead go THE LONG way and demand the same from MILLIONS of gun owners.
Many of those businesses have been out of business for long periods of time as well. Sp Fienstien doesnt even have a basic understanding of the gun laws as is. Not to mention that the thousands of guns entering this country illegally will never see a registration of any kind.
edit: Ed,, so by saying the Black Panthers have free access to guns , gun laws will somehow help that situation?
edit: One could also ask why the black panthers are still even around,, what with the new "belligerent" law on the books,, youd think any that showed violence towards the "man" would just go poof..
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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The first lawsuit over Sandy Hook has been filed,, 100 million for a SURVIVOR..
Meanwhile, on the internet there is a host of questions regarding this incident, from the medical examiner to first responders. As well as MANY glaring inconsistencies within the reports..
NOWHERE can any interview be found with the "other" person being arrested. Nowhere are there LEO interviews other than the initial reporting.
Nowhere can any other interviews be found really.. I still have some questions regarding this all.
http://theintelhub.com/2012/12/27/the-sandy-hook-school-massacre-unanswered-questions-and-missing-information/
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Hey Ron. I was in your hood the other day... lost my brand new S&W 9mm semiauto, which I legally acquired of course but did not register... I was pretty upset, until I "found" $1500 and a couple fresh tamales in a brown paper bag. All in all it was a pretty good day. I have no idea why anyone would want tighter gun regulations, it will only hurt us good Americans who love guns... and tamales.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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And another unanswered question.
Why is Ron so gullible?
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Sorry Ed, if you want to ban guns so that inner city Blacks stop killing each other, I'm not with you. Any thoughts on how educating these future model citizens better would be a better path?
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