What is your breaking point for a Revolution?

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  • Docster

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    cstone

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    When I hear the question; What would it take to turn you from a peaceful, law abiding citizen into a rebel, I think of the first five minutes of the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.

    Yup. I am pretty sure that would do it for me. There are probably other things but that one would certainly put me over the edge.
     

    BeoBill

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    南馬里蘭州鮑伊
    Explanation for the Liberal plague in Maryland (and other places): Look up "Learned Helplessness." I think it explains a lot about the Dim stranglehold in the urban enclaves.
     

    Mr. Ed

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    Edgewater
    When I hear the question; What would it take to turn you from a peaceful, law abiding citizen into a rebel, I think of the first five minutes of the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.

    Yup. I am pretty sure that would do it for me. There are probably other things but that one would certainly put me over the edge.

    I think that describes how I feel, too. Thanks for putting it into words. :thumbsup:
     

    Mr. Ed

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    Came across this in my inbox today, although it was incorrectly attributed to Jack Minzey. Seems to make sense.


    Written by Daniel Greenfield ...Snopes link

    Civil War

    How do civil wars happen?

    When two or more sides disagree on who runs the country, and they can't settle the question through elections because they don't even agree that elections are how you decide who's in charge. That's the basic issue here.

    Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war.

    The Mueller investigation is about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. But it's not the first time they've done this. The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he didn't really win; that the Supreme Court gave him the election.

    There's a pattern here.

    What do the sure odds of the Democrats rejecting the next Republican president really mean?

    It means they don't accept the results of any election that they don't win.

    It means they don't believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections.

    That's a civil war.

    There's no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice.

    But the Democrats have rejected our system of government.

    This isn't dissent. It's not disagreement. You can hate the other party. You can think they're the worst thing that ever happened to the country. But then you work harder to win the next election. When you consistently reject the results of elections that you don't win, what you want is a dictatorship. Your very own dictatorship.

    The only legitimate exercise of power in this country, according to Democrats, is its own. Whenever Republicans exercise power, it's inherently illegitimate. The Democrats lost Congress. They lost the White House. So what did they do? They began trying to run the country through Federal judges and bureaucrats. Every time that a Federal judge issues an order saying that the President of the United States can't scratch his own back without his say so, that's the civil war.

    Our system of government is based on the Constitution, but that's not the system that [in some minds] runs this country.

    The Democrat's system is that any part of government that it runs gets total and unlimited power over the country.

    If the Democrats are in the White House, then the president can do anything. And I mean anything. He can have his own amnesty for illegal aliens. He can fine you for not having health insurance. His power is unlimited. He's a dictator.

    But when Republicans get into the White House, suddenly the President can't do anything. He isn't even allowed to undo the illegal alien amnesty that his predecessor illegally invented.

    A Democrat in the White House has 'discretion' to completely decide every aspect of immigration policy. A Republican doesn't even have the 'discretion' to reverse him. That's how the game is played.

    That's how our country is run. Sad but true, although the Left hasn't yet won that particular fight.

    When a Democrat is in the White House, States aren't even allowed to enforce immigration law. But when a Republican is in the White House, States can create their own immigration laws.

    Under Obama, a state wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission. But under Trump, Jerry Brown can go around saying that California is an independent republic, and sign treaties with other countries.

    The Constitution has something to say about that.

    Whether it's Federal or State, Executive, Legislative or Judiciary, the Left moves power around to run the country. If it controls an institution, then that institution is suddenly the supreme power in the land. This is what I call a moving dictatorship.

    Donald Trump has caused the Shadow Government to come out of hiding: Professional government is a guild. Like medieval guilds. You can't serve in it if you're not a member. If you haven't been indoctrinated into its arcane rituals. If you aren't in the club. And Trump isn't in the club. He brought in a bunch of people with him who also are NOT in the club.

    Now we're seeing what the pros do when amateurs try to walk in on them. They spy on them, they investigate them and they send them to jail. They use the tools of power to bring them down.

    That's not a free country.

    It's not a free country when FBI agents who support Hillary take out an 'insurance policy' against Trump winning the election.

    It's not a free country when Obama officials engage in massive unmasking of the opposition.

    It's not a free country when the media responds to the other guy winning by trying to ban the conservative media that supported him from social media.

    It's not a free country when all of the above collude together to overturn an election because the guy who wasn't supposed to win ... WON.

    Have no doubt. We are in a civil war.

    This war is between conservative volunteer government and a leftist Democrat professional government.
     

    Bob A

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    I agree with almost all of Mr Ed's post.

    However, while lusting for power and control is a potent stimulus, I believe the greater issue is Money. The amount of money funneled through the Federal Government is greater than huge. I imagine that something like 5% is skimmed off the top by the feeders at the trough, one way or another, and decisions that are made by those in control of the streams of funds are not infrequently compensated in ways that are not easily traceable by forensic accountants. Even if they do come to light, at the highest levels there is seldom any significant consequence. Especially for Democrats, it seems.
     

    sgt23preston

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    I think we are all to fat, dumb, old & happy for a revolution...

    What do we have to lose..? Life, Limb, our jobs, our families & all our wealth & property..? WTF who cares...

    AND there are VERY FEW willing revolutionaries...

    Who would we fight..? County, State Police, FBI & National Guard..? WTF who cares...

    Exactly what will we gain..? Access to a few more guns..?

    Freedom, NEVER in Merry-Land...

    Right to Carry, NEVER in Merry-Land...i

    It's far cheaper to move to a different State with better & fewer laws...

    From here on out, Merry-Land will only get MORE & MORE Liberal & more restrictive...
     

    Mr. Ed

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    Edgewater
    I agree and would add that anything most of us are participate in will be defensive. We aren't going to be the ones roaming the streets, scavenging, looting, rioting, etc. We are more likely to be the ones who have the stuff the 'others' want to take.
     

    CrabcakesAndFootball

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    Just read a frenzied Op-Ed from the NYT editorial board pushing the outrageous "Trump is a Russian agent conspiracy." If they actually believed that an agent from a hostile power has taken over our government, shouldn't they be demanding that people rise up and overthrow the government by force? Is that even a question? The only conclusions that I can draw are that they don't believe their own claims or they are willing to passively resist a hostile takeover from a foreign power. Either conclusion shows how pathetic these people are.
     

    welder516

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    I would not be surprised if they want law abiding citizens to take the law into it's own hands , so they can do more control with the Patriot Act and call us Terrorist . Which seems to fit in their minds .
     

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