John Farnam is a former Marine, life long firearms instructor, part time philosopher, and living legend.
Almost everyday he pontificates, and emails anyone who signs up for his daily posts, which he calls 'quips' (meaning, things that bug him). He has given permission to repost (not for profit) his quips; just do right and credit him. Encourage folks to visit his website, he (and his cadre of trusted instructors) provide training on the range and now he also has an excellent selection of instructional videos available online. Some are free.
Here is today's post:
28 Apr 16
Sounding like a typical Democrat politician, an editorialist in VA recently
said:
“I grew up shooting shotguns and rifles with my grandfather..,”
“I understand why people want firearms...,”
Then comes the inevitable punch-line:
“I do not believe, however, that there is any legitimate reason for
ordinary citizens to own military-grade weapons..., yet these are somehow legal
to be bought and to own.”
“Ordinary?” He must be talking about all those “regular” Americans who
are proudly self-reliant and want to be able to effectively defend
themselves from armed criminals.
“Military-grade weapons” is a broad phrase. He would obviously ban
Beretta 92F, and 1911-style pistols if he could.
My guns aren’t “somehow legal.” They ARE legal, and I don’t need the
condescending “approval” of some leftist elitist to keep them!
But wait! There’s more:
“An AR-15 makes a lousy self-defense weapon, unless you are worried about
guerillas invading your home...”
Actually, that is exactly what I’m worried about, and an AR/M4 makes a
superb defensive weapon! I suspect this naive liberal editorialist has never
so much as touched one, or he would not make such stupid statements.
And finally this:
“My rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are threatened
every day by the presence of military-grade weapons in the hands of untrained
or, in a worst-case scenario, violent people.”
Of course, like all leftists, he never gets specific. He cannot describe
a single incident in which he, personally, has ever been threatened by a “
untrained person” with an AR, nor any other kind of firearm for that matter.
The “threats” he describes are all theoretical, but his condescending
contempt for his follow countrymen is all too apparent.
The foregoing is a good summary of the messages we’re hearing from the
mouths of Democrats during this election year.
They first try to sooth us by claiming some vague acknowledgment of our
Second Amendment, even claiming to have “... gone shooting with my grandfather,
” ad nauseam.
They then insist that we lowly “ordinary” citizens don’t “need” certain
currently-legal guns that are widely owned by “ordinary” Americans across
the County. The fact that we don’t “need” them is then complete
justification for banning them, at least from the hands of all “ordinary” citizens.
Curiously, their proposed bans never apply to them!
These are the same leftist elitists who insist that we “ordinary”
Americans don’t “need” a boat, nor a house with a view, nor an SUV. Their narrow
definition of “need” apparently defines our individual rights and
liberties.
Of course, their personal “need” for all these things is always legitimate
and must never be questioned!
These self-proclaimed “ruling elitists” make me sick!
They piously claim moral superiority, putting themselves far above all of
us disgusting peons, who just can’t be trusted with lethal weapons. All
the while, they of course, “deserve” a host of special rights (including gun
rights) and privileges not available to the rest of us.
And, they want us to vote for them!
“Who claims a ‘clear conscience’ is without fail, a frightful bore”
Anon
/John
_______________________________________________
John Farnam's Quips mailing list
JSFarnam@aol.com
Copyright 2016 by DTI, Inc. All rights reserved.
Almost everyday he pontificates, and emails anyone who signs up for his daily posts, which he calls 'quips' (meaning, things that bug him). He has given permission to repost (not for profit) his quips; just do right and credit him. Encourage folks to visit his website, he (and his cadre of trusted instructors) provide training on the range and now he also has an excellent selection of instructional videos available online. Some are free.
Here is today's post:
28 Apr 16
Sounding like a typical Democrat politician, an editorialist in VA recently
said:
“I grew up shooting shotguns and rifles with my grandfather..,”
“I understand why people want firearms...,”
Then comes the inevitable punch-line:
“I do not believe, however, that there is any legitimate reason for
ordinary citizens to own military-grade weapons..., yet these are somehow legal
to be bought and to own.”
“Ordinary?” He must be talking about all those “regular” Americans who
are proudly self-reliant and want to be able to effectively defend
themselves from armed criminals.
“Military-grade weapons” is a broad phrase. He would obviously ban
Beretta 92F, and 1911-style pistols if he could.
My guns aren’t “somehow legal.” They ARE legal, and I don’t need the
condescending “approval” of some leftist elitist to keep them!
But wait! There’s more:
“An AR-15 makes a lousy self-defense weapon, unless you are worried about
guerillas invading your home...”
Actually, that is exactly what I’m worried about, and an AR/M4 makes a
superb defensive weapon! I suspect this naive liberal editorialist has never
so much as touched one, or he would not make such stupid statements.
And finally this:
“My rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are threatened
every day by the presence of military-grade weapons in the hands of untrained
or, in a worst-case scenario, violent people.”
Of course, like all leftists, he never gets specific. He cannot describe
a single incident in which he, personally, has ever been threatened by a “
untrained person” with an AR, nor any other kind of firearm for that matter.
The “threats” he describes are all theoretical, but his condescending
contempt for his follow countrymen is all too apparent.
The foregoing is a good summary of the messages we’re hearing from the
mouths of Democrats during this election year.
They first try to sooth us by claiming some vague acknowledgment of our
Second Amendment, even claiming to have “... gone shooting with my grandfather,
” ad nauseam.
They then insist that we lowly “ordinary” citizens don’t “need” certain
currently-legal guns that are widely owned by “ordinary” Americans across
the County. The fact that we don’t “need” them is then complete
justification for banning them, at least from the hands of all “ordinary” citizens.
Curiously, their proposed bans never apply to them!
These are the same leftist elitists who insist that we “ordinary”
Americans don’t “need” a boat, nor a house with a view, nor an SUV. Their narrow
definition of “need” apparently defines our individual rights and
liberties.
Of course, their personal “need” for all these things is always legitimate
and must never be questioned!
These self-proclaimed “ruling elitists” make me sick!
They piously claim moral superiority, putting themselves far above all of
us disgusting peons, who just can’t be trusted with lethal weapons. All
the while, they of course, “deserve” a host of special rights (including gun
rights) and privileges not available to the rest of us.
And, they want us to vote for them!
“Who claims a ‘clear conscience’ is without fail, a frightful bore”
Anon
/John
_______________________________________________
John Farnam's Quips mailing list
JSFarnam@aol.com
Copyright 2016 by DTI, Inc. All rights reserved.
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