THE FOUR RULES

1. ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.

2. NEVER POINT YOUR MUZZLE AT SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY.

3. KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET AND YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT.

4. KNOW YOUR TARGET AND WHAT'S BEYOND.

Winston Churchill said
"A GENTLEMAN, SELDOM, IF EVER, NEEDS A GUN.
BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE NEEDS IT VERY BADLY!"
Si Vis Paceum Para Bellum

Sam Adams, more than beer

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen”
Samuel Adams

Lincoln on power

"We must prevent these things being done, by either congresses or courts — The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it —" Abraham Lincoln

Friday, September 21, 2012

What the Founders knew

 It never fails, when gun control and "assault weapons" come up. the gun haters are quick with their Founding Father statements. They state that the founders would not have written the 2nd Amendment if they had only "known" the types of weapons that would be available today. Bullshit. They spout their nonsense about the so called assault weapons and how the Founders would be appalled. To hear the gun haters tell it, the Founders would have collective heart attacks if the saw a modern AR15. The Founders might not have envisioned exactly what we have today, but they were on the right track.





The "assault weapon of the late 18th Century. There are plenty of examples of multi-shot flintlock rifles and pistols produced on mostly hand run machines. Not bad for a bunch of people that "wouldn't understand" our modern weaponry.

 So, the next time you are having a discusion with a Bradyite and the bring up the tired old meme about the Founders wouldn't approve, drag out the link to this video. There are similar videos like this that show the resourcefulness of the gunsmiths of a long gone era.  

2 comments:

Da Curly Wolf said...

I'm a bastard. I'd rather just shoot them as their entirely too stupid to be allowed to breathe the same oxygen as me.I also love it when my best friend told me recently "I know you think guns are the 'cool thing' but they don't solve anything"
*facepalm*

Robert Fowler said...

To bad there isn't a open season

Pete the Penguin

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