tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post6457704581574409710..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Early gun control in GermanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-57307186017752802112014-10-06T11:38:35.685+02:002014-10-06T11:38:35.685+02:00Well, the belief that a light skirmishing force co...Well, the belief that a light skirmishing force could conduct recon and skirmishing in the face of heavy armoured formations sounds idiotic, until you realize the point is to work with other parts of the military establishment.<br /><br />The good ole boys with AR-15s aren't gonna achieve anything on their own, but their political awareness and associated interest groups feed the entire political machine.<br />Delta Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052527938292403516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-77386521815605722912014-10-06T09:06:25.910+02:002014-10-06T09:06:25.910+02:00Tell that to the Afghans....Tell that to the Afghans....TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-60633343576945411902014-10-05T21:52:26.435+02:002014-10-05T21:52:26.435+02:00Again, read the federalist and anti federalist pap...Again, read the federalist and anti federalist papers. They were wrote by the same men who wrote the constitution, the bill of rights, and formed our first government. The militia referenced in the seccond amendment is all able bodied men. E.g. the whole of the country. Though federally organized militias also have age restrictions. <br /><br />The runaway slave hunters were mainly sheriff's posies, whitch is a seperate entity. The ideal that the sheriff can arm his deputies and his reserve is not in dispute and probably never has been. The modern name for the sheriff's possie is the sheriff's reserve. The gentleman who recently shot the deranged beheader, Alton Nolen, in Moore, Oklahoma was a sheriff's reservist.<br /><br />Finally, it is not as idiotic as you think. The last time I heard a size estimate it was 2 million men, or roughly the same size as the military and reserve. It is not straightforward to get a count because a numbet of the active duty servicemen, reserves, police/sheriff's deputies, etc. are also militiamen and they generally don't want to be counted; think about it. Also roughly 1/2 the militias are veterans. The only thing I think is idiotic is the ideal we would somehow get a better government out of a fight. The odds are heavily aginst it. <br /><br />Best,<br />Dan <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-61935215347658665512014-10-05T21:11:49.347+02:002014-10-05T21:11:49.347+02:00Militias balked at chasing after Pancho Villa, so ...Militias balked at chasing after Pancho Villa, so they were rolled into the new National Guard.<br /><br />Deputizing people and creating militias are two different things.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784405906174658860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-30448510704350509052014-10-05T12:50:11.480+02:002014-10-05T12:50:11.480+02:00The "right to bear arms" hardly ever exi...The "right to bear arms" hardly ever existed; it is a new invention. The right to maintain well-regulated, armed militias was cast into the 2nd amendment.<br /><br />The 2nd amendment guaranteed the Southern states the right to maintain militias which hunted down escaped slaves with patrols. This was the only use for the 2nd amendment for generations.<br /><br />The belief that a small arms only-armed militia could keep a government in check that's supported by federal police and military is idiotic.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-39476979809785188852014-10-05T06:32:54.737+02:002014-10-05T06:32:54.737+02:00A number of neototalitarians in the US are pushing...A number of neototalitarians in the US are pushing gun control becausetheu want to micromanage our lives in minute detail and they are worried about getting shot. Oddly enough, if one reads both the federalist and anti-federalist papers, it becomes aparent that this is one of the intents of the seccond ammendment to the US constitution; that such men should be restrained by fear. It probably has some efficacy because the cruel are always cowards and so are micromanager's. However, given what we now know about Iraq, I wonder how much; but I digress. <br /><br />It is not that we are brainwashed, but that the average american is probably looking at Germany through an American perspective. Also, the right to keep and bear arms was never the primary or the most effective safeguard aginst tyranny, even in the US. Its current importance stems from it being one of the few left standing. <br /><br />Best,<br />BanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-23730091317647702122014-10-04T21:23:48.470+02:002014-10-04T21:23:48.470+02:00I seriously believe the "German model" o...I seriously believe the "German model" of gun registration and (rather strict) requirements for storage is generally a very good idea.<br />On the other hand I strongly believe that the (outdated) requirements for gun ownership ("sporting" license related to "gunclub" memberships etc) should be reworked. Personally I think there's no convincing reason to not allow private ownership of "reasonable" amounts of firearms and ammunition with "reasonable" personal requirements (criminal records, possible mental state?) and with (strict) registration and storage laws.Foxtrottnoreply@blogger.com