Given I live in Utah, which is a pretty Red state and now has concealed carry without a permit, conversations often drift to: "The Democrats are coming for your guns." It used to be "Obama is coming for your guns." The drumbeat was increasingly loud during the last two years of the Trump administration; so loud it created a shortage of guns and ammunition.
Being of a curious nature, I wanted to know how and when. The consensus appeared to revolve around a national gun registry then a strike force to simultaneously appear at each residence to forcibly remove all weapons.
At this point, I struggled to maintain a neutral face.
Well, for starters, there is (sadly) no national gun registry. But the next part is really where I get the giggles. How in the name of all that is holy are you going to have a strike force the size required assemble with no outside notice, and who would it consist of? The U.S. Armed forces certainly would not be involved; they are forbidden action against American citizens. Even if you managed to assemble such a force in total secrecy, the first busting down of a door would have the internet ablaze and your removal plan just fell apart.
Conspiracy: Noun, a collection of ravens.
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R.M. "Bob" Hartman
I remember that fine spring say in 2009 when I turned over all my guns to the newly elected President Barack H. Obama.
ReplyDeleteHe actually came to my door personally and was so polite and persuasive when he asked, I just couldn't turn him down.
Then we went out to the back yard, cracked a few beers and laughed and laughed ...
Damn! I kept waiting for him to knock on my door, I really wanted to meet him. I guess you had more guns than I!
ReplyDeleteBarack knew I had the good beer, that's all.
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Yum!
It's fear mongering intended to enrage and perpetuate egocentric victimization.
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