Certainly, I am voting & if the Harris team gets the required number of votes, she will be president. I believe that but I also believe that there will be violence, especially in those swing states & districts. That is something that I am preparing for mentally. I'm an old woman of 76 so I am not going to run out & buy a gun, I don't thi…
Certainly, I am voting & if the Harris team gets the required number of votes, she will be president. I believe that but I also believe that there will be violence, especially in those swing states & districts. That is something that I am preparing for mentally. I'm an old woman of 76 so I am not going to run out & buy a gun, I don't think the vast majority of folks that have guns need them, especially if they don't hunt. By the same token if people want a gun for protection within their home, that is fine as long as the background checks etc are completed. I don't believe ANYONE should own a long gun or a bump stock & I certainly don't believe that people need more than one gun or an appropriate type of rifle for hunting but AR-15s are not for hunting they are meant for killing. So what concerns me the most about this election & the afterwards is that we'll have hundreds, perhaps thousands of heavily armed trump supporters roaming the streets with their long guns at the ready. Will our police, some of whom are trump supporters, protect those of us that do not support a dictator, my guess is they won't & I can foresee in some places that the local sheriff will deputize the mob rather than protect the innocent.
Trying times indeed. Over the years I've lived through the Golden Age of the US, the years after WWII when the US was considered a leader in the world & a leader for democracy. As time progressed I felt that the US was losing some or much of that 'golden' glow that comes with a Golden Age. I thought that perhaps the US would cede some of its supremacy to China in economic development & certainly an equality with the US in military might. But I never in a million years did I think we would lose our democracy!!!! That never crossed my mind until trump came on the scene letting loose the hate & vitriol that has built up over the century & a half since the end of the Civil War. We are still fighting that war emotionally & people of color or the latest influx of immigrants bear the brunt of that hate & blame for problems brought about by corporate greed. It's the greed & lust for power that fuels all this hate & I don't know how we end that. Another Civil War, well, look at what is happening in the Middle East, so Gaza is leveled & Hamas has lost its number of leaders but not its message. Do the Israelis really think that by eliminating Hamas or Hezbollah that the hatred of the Isreal will end? The same is true here, if we beat the Magats at the polls will it make them or their influence disappear? I don't think so.
We are faced with a generation of hard work to try to right this ship of state. And if the legal system gets all those extreme conservative judges & justices it will be many more than one generation to get back what we will lose.
Warren G. Harding, "normalcy" president, girlfriend in White House, murdered by his wife, the Duchess? What we need is criminal law. Penalize insurrectionists.
Normalcy there is only one rational, logical and effective weapon for self defense and that is a shotgun, and the shorter the barrel the better, and a load of buckshot is best.
Pistols are short range, 25 ft at best, and it takes time to sight, and calmness to pull the trigger, any closer and a belly gun will do the job (Short barrel handgun)
Rifles are effective only for assault and distance shots. Hunters lay on the ground or in stands, and have to calm themselves, slow the heart rate and hold the breath for a trigger squeeze at distance,
Anyone who has gone through basic military training, at a minimum, knows what I mean.
With a shotgun, the scatter means that sighting and accuracy don't matter. Unless you are a warrior and a very skillled sharpshooter, then a rifle will do you no good, onthe other hand a rapid fire weapon, like an AR 15 with a bump stock would.
What weapon you need depends on the role. I am assuming defense, If offence then yes, a rifle with automatic fire, then you are going to need a hell of a lot of ammo. With an M-16 and a 20 round magazine, burned it all up in a couple of bursts.
I have a story or two about claymores, and a VC booby trap.
There is also a grenade launher that can be attached to an M-16. I've fired the M-79. pretty good with it.
Trouble is that the equipment and ammo is not generally available, but none of it violates the rules as I know them, then again I am not mliitia minded so don't keep up.
I think global warming is going to take care of all of our problems? If we were to attempt to fix the problems first we would have to treat everyone equally, end poverty, end the family unit, end religious indoctrination of children, install a maximum wage for the rich, limit all campaign contributions to $100, build self supporting penal colonies and poor farms. Lots of luck. All that Amygdala thinkers can think of is lying and stealing. Their preferental cortex was castrated from their reptilian part of the brain, by religion at a young age, IMHO!
Certainly, I am voting & if the Harris team gets the required number of votes, she will be president. I believe that but I also believe that there will be violence, especially in those swing states & districts. That is something that I am preparing for mentally. I'm an old woman of 76 so I am not going to run out & buy a gun, I don't think the vast majority of folks that have guns need them, especially if they don't hunt. By the same token if people want a gun for protection within their home, that is fine as long as the background checks etc are completed. I don't believe ANYONE should own a long gun or a bump stock & I certainly don't believe that people need more than one gun or an appropriate type of rifle for hunting but AR-15s are not for hunting they are meant for killing. So what concerns me the most about this election & the afterwards is that we'll have hundreds, perhaps thousands of heavily armed trump supporters roaming the streets with their long guns at the ready. Will our police, some of whom are trump supporters, protect those of us that do not support a dictator, my guess is they won't & I can foresee in some places that the local sheriff will deputize the mob rather than protect the innocent.
Trying times indeed. Over the years I've lived through the Golden Age of the US, the years after WWII when the US was considered a leader in the world & a leader for democracy. As time progressed I felt that the US was losing some or much of that 'golden' glow that comes with a Golden Age. I thought that perhaps the US would cede some of its supremacy to China in economic development & certainly an equality with the US in military might. But I never in a million years did I think we would lose our democracy!!!! That never crossed my mind until trump came on the scene letting loose the hate & vitriol that has built up over the century & a half since the end of the Civil War. We are still fighting that war emotionally & people of color or the latest influx of immigrants bear the brunt of that hate & blame for problems brought about by corporate greed. It's the greed & lust for power that fuels all this hate & I don't know how we end that. Another Civil War, well, look at what is happening in the Middle East, so Gaza is leveled & Hamas has lost its number of leaders but not its message. Do the Israelis really think that by eliminating Hamas or Hezbollah that the hatred of the Isreal will end? The same is true here, if we beat the Magats at the polls will it make them or their influence disappear? I don't think so.
We are faced with a generation of hard work to try to right this ship of state. And if the legal system gets all those extreme conservative judges & justices it will be many more than one generation to get back what we will lose.
If we beat the Magats at the polls will it make them or their influence disappear?
We have no other recourse. BEAT MAGATs. DO SOMETHING.
https://priorities.org/victory-in-2024/
Well said "return to normalcy!"
Warren G. Harding, "normalcy" president, girlfriend in White House, murdered by his wife, the Duchess? What we need is criminal law. Penalize insurrectionists.
Normalcy there is only one rational, logical and effective weapon for self defense and that is a shotgun, and the shorter the barrel the better, and a load of buckshot is best.
Pistols are short range, 25 ft at best, and it takes time to sight, and calmness to pull the trigger, any closer and a belly gun will do the job (Short barrel handgun)
Rifles are effective only for assault and distance shots. Hunters lay on the ground or in stands, and have to calm themselves, slow the heart rate and hold the breath for a trigger squeeze at distance,
Anyone who has gone through basic military training, at a minimum, knows what I mean.
With a shotgun, the scatter means that sighting and accuracy don't matter. Unless you are a warrior and a very skillled sharpshooter, then a rifle will do you no good, onthe other hand a rapid fire weapon, like an AR 15 with a bump stock would.
What weapon you need depends on the role. I am assuming defense, If offence then yes, a rifle with automatic fire, then you are going to need a hell of a lot of ammo. With an M-16 and a 20 round magazine, burned it all up in a couple of bursts.
For offense, hand held M 79 grenade launcher.
For defense, daisy chain several M18a1 Claymores. Command detonated.
Look ma, no hands.
I have a story or two about claymores, and a VC booby trap.
There is also a grenade launher that can be attached to an M-16. I've fired the M-79. pretty good with it.
Trouble is that the equipment and ammo is not generally available, but none of it violates the rules as I know them, then again I am not mliitia minded so don't keep up.
I think global warming is going to take care of all of our problems? If we were to attempt to fix the problems first we would have to treat everyone equally, end poverty, end the family unit, end religious indoctrination of children, install a maximum wage for the rich, limit all campaign contributions to $100, build self supporting penal colonies and poor farms. Lots of luck. All that Amygdala thinkers can think of is lying and stealing. Their preferental cortex was castrated from their reptilian part of the brain, by religion at a young age, IMHO!