Originally Posted By: swift one Originally Posted By: Flesh EaterI think you're drastically miscalculating American culture, Swift. You're lumping everyone into this idea of a fat, lazy, X-box loving kid. It isn't true, and you're buying right into the media's painting of America.
Look at our gyms. They're packed full. We still have kids faithfully signing up for martial arts, football, and the military. The ROTC program flourishes in middle America. We still have kids growing up on farms. We've also still got a pile of kids out there in the workforce at 14 and 15 years old.
I call absolute B.S. on the majority of Americans being overweight. Do you know what they're using? Doctor's data and applying it to the BMI chart. Know what that doesn't consider? Muscle mass. When's the last time you had a pinch test done to see how much fat you have? Never.
Civil wars have been fought countless times over the course of human history. Look at Finland as an example. It's amazing what people might do once they lose their freedom, and I honestly believe Americans have more passion and desire to remain free than anyone else. While our children grow up on electronics, they also grow up on films that glorify those who fight for such causes. American culture relishes in violence and the hero doing the unimaginable. If it didn't, action films would flop at the box office.
I get it man, I do. But reality sucks sometimes. I don't have to read doctor's reports. I see it all around. Not everyone is a butter ball- true that. I'm 44 and by no means fat/ obese. Most of those folks in the gym my friend are going to use a rational thought process however when/ if it comes and realize (for most it's a no -brainer) that there is life after gun control. This romantic fantasy that preppers and "gun patriots" have of fighting the good fight against our government is just probably ever gonna happen. The world is changing man.....adapt to it. Like I said, I am pro 2A, but my life is far more important....far more important than any gun ever will be. Paranoia and romantic fantasy definitely drives SOME of the pro-gun community.
My bet is that most Americans will hand over quietly...it would be a something to experince if I was wrong though..
I don't know. If we have something happen like it did in Canada, I don't see anyone just handing them over peacefully (I'm talking semi-auto everything confiscation and an absolute ban on handguns). We have thousands, upon thousands, of gang members in this country. The American people aren't stupid. They know those gangsters will never be disarmed, and therefore the law abiding citizen will not disarm themselves. Not to mention, if it came down to it, I'd bet on some of the citizens of the north coming down to help.
But again, this all lies on the military turning on its people, and I don't see it happening. Our military is comprised of people who have brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and grandparents who are US citizens. The majority of them serve to protect THEM, not the special interest of disarming or harming the people. Then there's law enforcement across the board. I'd be willing to bet the majority of them believe in the constitution as much as anyone else.
We're not talking about something that's a luxury, but something that millions of people hold very dear. Those millions of people also know what happens to an unarmed populous. That alone is enough of a driving force to keep it from happening as peacefully as possible.
Yet again, though, we are talking about a small group of people versus a very large group of people. I think if you could stand everyone who's pro-2A on one side of the U.S. and all the rest on the other, the imbalance would become quite apparent. However, when you have countless liberal news outlets parading this garbage like it's commonplace, it's easy to believe it is. Not EVERYONE in the city is a liberal gun-grabber. Many of them realize the importance of protecting themselves and their families, especially the would-be-victims in places like New York, Chicago, L.A., etcetera. City life is tough. The citizens of those places know this, but it's the ones who live outside of the city trying to dictate what happens IN the city.