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This is a battle that will never be over... the gun grabbers are the control freaks of the world... and they know that as long as we have our guns... they cannot control every single aspect of our lives. But they're doing a pretty good job at eating away our rights in every other aspect of our lives... we now today have the least Liberty we've had ever since slavery was abolished. We just have a new kind of slavery to which they call itcollectivism, or as others here have said... if you choose to live in society, you must accept less Liberty. To these morons, it is Anarchy or Socialism... there's no in between.
In the immortal words of Patrick Henry (slightly reworded for modern consumption)"Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the Capitol and White house. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.
If we wish to be free -- if we mean to preserve inviolate the Constitution of this United States for which we have been so long contending -- if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
They tell us, sir, that we are weak -- unable to take care of our own, that we must be regulated and controlled for our own good. But we are not children to be coddled? When will it be too much? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and whena Federalagent shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of naturehas placed in our power. Tens of millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard in the halls of the Capitol! The war is inevitable -- and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren have already fallen in the field at Ruby Ridge and Waco! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
While we wait, more restrictions are being thought up on a daily basis to enslave us. Soon, we will be so preoccupied with just trying to pay our daily bills that we will no longer be a threat. Already, my tax burden is more than 50% of my total income (if you count every tax I pay including sales and property). This tax burden is my chains of slavery and I am a slave for more than 6 months of the year. My labor is confiscated from me upon the threat of death.
I have guns, but the government uses death threats to coerce me into slavery. Allow me to elucidate: Say I refuse to pay a tax, the government fines me and tries to force me to pay, I still do not pay, they then charge me with tax evasion and try to bring me to court, I refuse to go, and resist, they then bring in the police to take me in and I resist them with arms, they kill me. And all because I refused to be a slave. What good do our guns do us if we are still slaves? Our government was started on the premise of Liberty, not on the premise of the cradle to grave nanny State that our enslavers are trying to construct.
Dave, we have fought and won the little battles, but we're losing the war. What good did Perl Harbor do the Japanese in the end? We may have won the Heller case (barely), but we're losing the war. Case in point: the BATFE! All the restrictions on gun ownership and rights considering that the Constitution clearly says "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Unless somehow we are not people.... I don't see how that can be interpreted any other way. Oh yes, I know, collectivists do not recognize the right of the individual and never will. So who will compromise? I have never seen a collectivist compromise yet... we now have less individual rights than ever before. And our government has put us in debt to unfunded liabilities to the tune of 63 Trillion dollars.... an amount we will never be able to pay off.... effectively enslaving us forever.
When will people tire of this? When will people realize they are being forced to pay taxes under threat of death? Harry Reid said that taxes are voluntary... but refused to define the terms... what is their game and how does our winning some insignificant battle on gun rights change the outcome of the war?
Guns were meant to insure liberty and freedom.... I'd say that they've failed... or that we, the gun owners of America have failed. We got fat and happy and failed to keep our Liberty.