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You dont understand guerrilla warfare. Obviously the civillians would take heavy losses. That is the very basis of guerrilla warfare. Eventually, it becomes too expensive to continue the fight.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by IvanAstikov
Are you saying a population of 300,000,000 people and about as many weapons and an entire country as a target are comparable to the IRA? and "high command?" We won't have a commander... Silly..edit on 1/12/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)
You think you have 300 million supporters? Even if you did, I'd be amazed if 1% of the non-miltary experienced citizens proved to be capable of cutting the mustard when the shtf
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by ElijahWan
For me a man needs the best rifle he can get for self defense and for defending this.
If the best is an AR-15 or an AK-47? Or a shot gun. What ever a man can be forced to go to war with and die for his country.
He should have a right to own. Period.
If you've done all the research you claim, why don't you tell me the last time civilians overcame a military that had massive superiority, without assistance from external agents?
Originally posted by Dustytoad
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Seems like you learned a lot from the genuine natives of your fine continent.
I'm almost one quarter cherokee... But I learned this from researching war.. And My Army training..edit on 1/12/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
You dont understand guerrilla warfare. Obviously the civillians would take heavy losses. That is the very basis of guerrilla warfare. Eventually, it becomes too expensive to continue the fight.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by IvanAstikov
Are you saying a population of 300,000,000 people and about as many weapons and an entire country as a target are comparable to the IRA? and "high command?" We won't have a commander... Silly..edit on 1/12/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)
You think you have 300 million supporters? Even if you did, I'd be amazed if 1% of the non-miltary experienced citizens proved to be capable of cutting the mustard when the shtf
. But then why aren't people advocating for the legal ownership of Automatic Weapons, RPGs, and everything else?
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
]If you've done all the research you claim, why don't you tell me the last time civilians overcame a military that had massive superiority, without assistance from external agents?
he trend I've noticed is that a lot of the people who own one of these rifles claim that they own it, just in case there was a "Government Takeover" with martial law, or the use of concentration camps or some such.
Originally posted by neo96
he trend I've noticed is that a lot of the people who own one of these rifles claim that they own it, just in case there was a "Government Takeover" with martial law, or the use of concentration camps or some such.
I will tell you all what is ignorant is anyone questioning me or any other gun owner why they have weapons.
It is not their place.
It is also not their place to ask them "why do they need a 30 round cap magazine".
Gun owners are not responsible for other people they are not responsible to their neighbors the only people they are accountable to is themselves..
Plain and simple.
I don't think it's that crazy...or ignorant...to ask a gun owner why they have a weapon? I'm genuinely interested in knowing, be it for safety, hunting, or to protect against a government takeover. I'm also interested in knowing why gun-owners aren't interested in advocating for the ability to purchase and own more advanced forms of weaponry.
I don't understand why some gun-owners get so defensive about that question either. If I owned a gun (I don't have a reason to currently, but likely will some day) I'd answer their question truthfully and honestly. Hell, maybe whatever argument you provide might make that person think twice about themselves not owning a gun?
This thread has ZERO to do with pro-gun vs pro gun control, as even I don't know where I stand on that topic, this thread is about understanding WHY a 'semi-automatic' 'Assault Rifle' , as the media refer to it, is so much more capable than every other weapon available when facing a mechanized fighting force such as the US Military. Also, as I stated in my original post, I think it's funny to classify it as "semi-automatic" anyhow because a majority of the guns people buy ARE semi automatic, especially handguns.