What does the current uprising and subsequent bloodshed inUkraine have to do with gun rights in America? Plenty, say Second Amendment advocates.
Ukraine, a nation of 45 million people, has restrictive laws governing private gun ownership. The government is in possession of more than seven million guns, while three million weapons, both legal and illicit, are in the hands of private citizens, creating a staggering gulf in firepower. By comparison, in the United States, there are 310 million guns in private hands, with only 3.85 million possessed by the military and police forces.
h/t to Dave G
Gun Politics in Switzerland:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland
In 1912, the German Kaiser, knowing of the fearsome reputation of the Swiss for marksmanship and of the forbidding terrain of Switzerland, and knowing that the Swiss militia was then composed of a quarter of a million men, asked what the Swiss would do if the Germans invaded Switzerland with half a million men. A Swiss replied, no doubt completely deadpan: “shoot twice and go home.” The Kaiser did not invade, nor did Adolf Hitler during WWII. Smart choices.
http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/320165.php
Every left-wing politico in America should be forced to watch this video for educational purposes. Every RINO should be forced to watch it as a refresher. Her final statement to the likes of Chuck Shumer is the clincher:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151312030446726
She went on to force legislation in Texas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp
If Colorado can remove State Senator Giron and Senate President Morse by recall, and force the resignation of State Senator Hudak, surely the citizens of New Jersey can remove only one individual who has recently waffled on our 2nd Amendment rights, State Senator Steve Sweeney:
http://www.recallsweeney.com/2014/03/07/does-stephen-sweeney-hate-cancer-patients/
This has been around for several years. The liberals refuse to watch it.
Imagine the nightmare for Russia military planners if every Ukrainian had a weapon(s) and ammo. The citizens were not happy and they had already demonstrated their willingness to put their lives at risk to express their resistance to oppression. The problem of invading Ukraine would have been 100 times worse if every citizen was armed.
Also do not forget that the Ukraine willingly gave up a substantial part of their military arms and reduced the size of their military in return for promises from NATO that they would be there for them in case they were threatened by Russia. How did that work out? There is simply no better way to insure your safety then being armed yourself and there is no beter way to insure the country’s safety then having a fully armed and adequately sized military.
What the Ukraine lacked was a tripwire. That is when the Russians first sent in the military thugs in black clothing there should have been armed defenders ready and willing to shoot them. The ONLY reason Russia was able to take the Ukraine without any shooting is because no one resisted. Had there been some skirmishes in the first minutes of this invasion the military would have been called out and civilians would have gotten prepared and organized.
In the Crimea a lot of local residents actually supported the Russians, don’t want to be part of the EU and are happy to secede. In the Western Ukraine the sentiment is quite different, but the Russians are pretty careful about where they put their troops.
Promises of protection from Russia too, signed by Boris Yeltsin.
The Russians turned up to protect the people who will very likely in a referendum show their agreement. NATO are still shuffling feet. Other than bombing, and signing up new members, what does NATO do?
The more NATO drags its feet on this, the more anachronistic it looks. Time for US/Canada to pull out? The EU pan-continental govt and Euro is a disaster. Not a big fan of Putin and his ego-driven invasion but maybe Ukraine is better off split. Who would want to join the EU anyway?
The U.S. populace has the gun advantage, but the U.S. government will have billions of rounds of ammunition at the rate it is buying up ammo for non-defense department agencies. Nothing like a trigger happy bureaucrat coming to visit.
Going well for the armed populous in Syria, isn’t it. Stopped Assad from doing anything, didn’t it.
I see that the US didn’t dare invade Afghanistan, with all those armed civilians there.
Uh, Adam, the “armed civilians” wanted the US to help prevent the takeover of the radicals.
Ask the Russians what a few goat herders with AKs and US Stingers pulled off. Now Dear Leader is finally exiting and giving the place back. A determined force in its home turf can make life miserable for an invader. But, of course, if it was here, I doubt we would be given the same “Rules of Engagement” our military must follow so as not to upset someone.
Having guns doesn’t guarantee you can fight off armed tyranny, but not having guns guarantees you can’t.
I still believe that sixty-eight years (2014 – 1946 = 68 yrs) of government deception of the public can, and hopefully will, end without violence, . . .
But an armed public may be the best catalyst for re-establishing integrity in government science and constitutional limits on government – including the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) – as they existed in this country before Stalin’s USSR troops captured Japan atomic bomb-production facility at Konan, Korea a few days after their first test explosion on 12 Aug 1945, and . . .
FEAR of nuclear annihilation convinced world leaders to
1. Form the United Nations on 24 October 1945
2. Hide Japan’s A-bomb facility from the public
3. Hide neutron repulsion the source of energy in
_ a.) Heavy atoms like Uranium
_ b.) Some planets like Jupiter
_ c.) Ordinary stars like the Sun
_ d.) Galaxies like the Milky Way
Ordinary scientists could help restore integrity to science and constitutional limits on government by publicly addressing nine pages of precise experimental data on pp. 19-27 of my biography that falsify the very foundation of post-1945 consensus models of stars and nuclei.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10640850/Chapter_2.pdf
These data are from the world’s top-ranked research institutions, e.g.,
Max Planck Institut für Chemie – Otto Hahn Institut
Universität Bern, Physikalisches Institut
California Institute of Technology
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University California – Berkeley
University California – La Jolla
Washington University
University of Chicago
Etc., etc.