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Nice little essay that deserves front page coverage:
- by Marko @ munchkinwrangler
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force. The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger,
and a single gay guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat--it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser. People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level. The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
"Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est." (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.) - Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD
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49 Comments:
Many countries have gone on without handguns. In Japan they have very few crimes involving firearms. The handgun has always been a badman's gun.(Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, the Younger brothers, etc.) Its time to stop playing "cowboys and indians" and grow up.
All good citizens should turn in their firearms immediately.
Also prominently display the international anti-gun symbol in the front window of your home to demonstrate compliance and solidarity.
Repeal the Second Amendment!
Japan is a homogenous society that teaches respect for their elders, conforming to societal norms and never allows the anti-social behaviors so prevalent in America to take root and grow.
America is a melting pot that encourages innovation, rewards risk and unfortunately at times, turns the other way when confronted by situations that might infringe on the right of the individual to act like an asshole ocassionally.
The handgun has NOT always been a "badman's" gun and to think so shows you to be an ass of the highest order. Hand guns were and continue to be tools. Cars and Doctors kill far more people than hand guns ever have or ever will.
After the VA Tech shootings, I was watching the news and they were discussing how the NRA was all sorts of involved in the negotiations regarding what type of reactionary legislation should be passed. I couldn't help but yell at the TV, "WHY?!" because it is so absurd to me that they would have ANYTHING to do with the system, but they really do. They don't want assault weapons banned? Sure, NRA, anything you say. It's all bullshit, and I really can't help but be disenchanted by the entire system because of it.
Japan? Let's see now. Until getting their ass kicked in WW2 that country was run by an assortment of military dictators (Shoguns) who's power was concentrated in controlling the armies. Citizen's were forbidden to own firearms. All in all it didn't work out too well for them, did it?
Many countries have gone on without handguns. In Japan they have very few crimes involving firearms. The handgun has always been a badman's gun.(Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, the Younger brothers, etc.) Its time to stop playing "cowboys and indians" and grow up.
RESPONSE:
Japan has one people - one race - the liberal Ashkenazi Jew does not have a great measure of control in Japan, thus ruining it by attacking it's culture and belief structure. Ghetto culture is not sold on TV. Gangbangers do not exist. Ya, sorry for speaking my mind. Apples and Oranges.
"It is a hard heart that kills"
GYSGT Hartman
I WILL KEEP MY GUN THANK YOU! IN THIS CITY WE HAVE GUN CONTROL IN THE COUNTRY WE HAVE A "WAR ON DRUGS" WORKS REALLY WELL DON'T YOU THINK? WHEN THE POWERS AT THE TOP QUIT FILLING THEIR POCKETS WITH SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY IT COULD CHANGE BUT THEY WILL NEVER STOP!
The author could have just said "God made man unequal. Colt made them equal". But it was still a very well written and informative short essay.
John Browning was the greatest gun designer ever!!
Japan got their ass kicked in WWII asshole. So go on about you business before a gang banger kicks yours, while I light him up.
"God made men Sam Colt made them equal"
The handgun IS the badman's gun. Military forces have always used the rifle as the main weapon of the infantryman. The handgun is something one would hide on his person. Like a blackjack or a shank. In society they should be banned. But America it seems to be the dumping ground of the rest of the world. Like Australia, a land of convicts and bustouts.
To all you anti gun folks, go on a ride along in 007,006,005,004,011 for a night. You will go home buy a gun and run for the hills as fast as you can. We work there every day and after you see what the animals there are capable of you would never say citizens should not own firearms.
"The strongest reason for the PEOPLE to retain the right to keep and bear arms, is as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in GOVERNMENT"
Thomas Jefferson
Things real haven't changed much from then. King Daley
Yeah, put your anti-gun symbol on your front window.
74% of felons polled agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot".
I guess your dumb enough to eliminate that threat.
Yeah, Japan is real peaceful; like the 2001 Osaka massacre where a former janitor killed 8 & injured 15 with a kitchen knife. Tell this to the Mayor of Nagasaki shot to death this year. Pretending these things don't happen doesn't make them go away.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
--- Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors.
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
--- Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
---Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia 1787).
look at what goes on in the UK. the young and strong are having a field day and the old, the verry young and females live in fear of recieving a battery if they do not submit to the will of evil doers.
AND as allways, the police will provide the victim with a report AFTER they have suffered the injustice.
"Also prominently display the international anti-gun symbol in the front window of your home to demonstrate compliance and solidarity.'
Would that depict spreading both asscheeks to expose a Gaping Bunghole?
Thought so....
7:59 AM
Ah so, but the Japanese don't get to CELEBRATE DIVERSITY like us!
The United States continues to have the highest per capita number of psychopaths on the planet. Just look around you. One in ten adult Americans is a full-blown psychopath.
The founding fathers began a most noble experiment. It is now doomed. Most are oblivious to the fact that we are in the midst of the downfall of the greatest civilization on earth.
Keep your weapons locked and loaded!
Poster 12:09 AM
Typical misinformed lib-turd tool.
Poster 12:43 AM
Just plain funny! To those who understand sarcasim.
Poster 7:59 AM
A well thought out argument from a person "of reason & understanding."
To the USMC (ret) who wrote the essay, well done Sir. Happy 4th of July, from one Patriot to another!
SCC, I propose that everyone should be reqired to own a gun. I'll even pay for each of them and I don't care how long it takes or how much it costs. Then all you idiots will have nothing to talk about and you'll have to stop putting these endless gun posts on the blog and get back to Dungeons & Dragons in your mommy's basement.
Japan also believes very little for human life-- Look at WWII, and how they treated prisoners and other nationalities. They were a very bloodthirsty society and used swords and knives. The ONLY reason that society ended, for the time being, is because of the atomic bomb. NOW (for the time being) they are pacifists.
England has a ban on guns also, and they have endured terrorist attacks for many decades (IRA and now Muslims). So it doesn't make it any safer. The safest societies are the one race/nationality/religion ones. The minute you throw in a mix, people kill each other, guns, knives, bats, fire, whatever it takes.
If you think gun control will work, you probably also believe drug control works and there isn't any illegal drugs in this country. Read a LITTLE history!
I THINK THIS RETIRED MARINE SHOULD BE THE NEXT SUPT.
"Anonymous said...
Many countries have gone on without handguns. In Japan they have very few crimes involving firearms. The handgun has always been a badman's gun.(Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, the Younger brothers, etc.) Its time to stop playing "cowboys and indians" and grow up.
7/02/2007 12:09:00 AM"
Japan's a really good example. During the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, scores of Koreans living in Japan were lynched as Japanese police looked on with indifference. Lacking the means to fight back, they were of course helpless... as you advocate for the rest of us now.
I'll take "cowboys and indians" to "SS men and Jews" any day.
This piece was not written by some "Maj. L. Caudill, USMC Ret." It was written by a Knoxville blogger named Marko. "http://munchkinwrangler.blogspot.com/2007/03/why-gun-is-civilization.html"
Someone, for some reason, felt the need to steal his work and re-credit it before forwarding it to others. Please correct the attribution. I would also recommend looking around Marko's place - he's a good blogger.
Many countries have gone on without handguns. In Japan they have very few crimes involving firearms.
DUH!! THEY USE SWORDS!!!
JAPAN!!!!! The peaceful lot who raped in China and attacked at Pearl Harbor.
Why does the religous monk learn Kung Fu?
Why does the polite Policeman carry a firearm?
A beautiful rose will possess thorns and only harms those who wish to steal the blossom.
Learn Grasshopper!
I locked a shithead up called Lucios back in 76 or 77. Stabbed his girl friend with a sword. Real ugly scene.
I THINK THIS RETIRED MARINE SHOULD BE THE NEXT SUPT.
7/02/2007 04:11:00 PM
Thanks, but we have enough men under 5'6" running this city.
To all you anti gun folks, go on a ride along in 007,006,005,004,011 for a night. You will go home buy a gun and run for the hills as fast as you can. We work there every day and after you see what the animals there are capable of you would never say citizens should not own firearms.
7/02/2007 11:04:00 AM
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I work in 003, and that's exactly why we need to stop making guns in this country and the only ones allowed to carry them should be us.
We're the only the country with such a horrible gun culture.
I work in 003, and that's exactly why we need to stop making guns in this country and the only ones allowed to carry them should be us.
We're the only the country with such a horrible gun culture.
You are a fucking moron. What you have just advocated is a Police State. You want to go crack open a history book or two dumbass? In America, in this day and age, you would actually advocate this position? Fucking moron is actually and understatement.
The Japaneses don't have guns because they are not allowed to after their defeat in World War II. No other reason just a historical fact.
"Tyranny and Oppression can only exist when men of goodwill and intention remain mute."
"A SILENT Majority Equates to a Minority."
This is why we must vocally and vociferously defend to the death the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of our democratic republic.
All of the other rights fall upon the death of the 2nd Amendment.
SCC = Voice of the People now that the corporate establishment has bought out the entire media, to propogate and indoctrinate us. We need to expand the realms of this most worthy endeavor. Thank-You for your noble efforts SCC
In the Spirit of Our Forefathers, Happy Independence Day!!!
Unfortunately,
You give some of these power hungry goofs (Hair Gel Gen Xers,Yers) a button and the power that accompanies it and it goes to their heads. They are uneducated and really begin to believe that depriving others of their civil liberties is COOL. I miss the real cops of the VietNam Era and before who knew how to keep things in perspective. A real cop knows their limitations and the responsibility that accompany that button. COMMON SENSE
QUESTION???
Where in the Chicagoland area can I go shooting? I can't seem to find a private range anywhere, can someone help me?
Wanting to stay proficient and trained.
SCC,
Are you familiar with the International Chief of Police Association?
http://www.theiacp.org/
This is an organization comprised of Chiefs of Police or those who they sponsor who initiate policy on law enforcement.
They restrict membership to nly the upper echelon and promote very socialistic and liberal philosphies. One being the abolition of all private ownership of firearms. They have an agenda and it is very unAmerican and very Marxist in its essence.
It should be exposed for what it is in a post with input from exempts and others in the know. You might be surprised at what you find out.
One positive sign is that women are now one of the largest purchasers of handguns and growing groups within NRA in the US.
MASS MURDERERS AGREE, GUN CONTROL WORKS!
STALIN, HITLER, MAO, AND JANET RENO AGREE, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF FIREARMS IS A THREAT TO GOVERNMENT.
"I work in 003, and that's exactly why we need to stop making guns in this country and the only ones allowed to carry them should be us.
We're the only the country with such a horrible gun culture.
7/03/2007 07:45:00 AM"
Those of us in the United States (as opposed to Apartheid Chicago) say, "NO".
Now what?
I won't confuse you with Greek, so I'll just say, "Come and take them." Have a grownup explain it to you.
This is an open question to people who say the 2nd amendment allows or protects the other amendments. If the 2nd amendment is so important then why is it 2nd? and not 1st? Do you know what the 1st amendment is? The founding fathers thought the freedom of speech, press, assembly and worship was the most important. Thats why they put it first.
We as Americans should believe ALL amendments are equally important. You can not take away any of them without endangering life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
Just bought another AK and bringing it into the city,along with some more 30rd mags.I will not register my weapons(except service)period.
Its nice to buy rifles and shotguns in Wisconsin and Indiana,the dealers dont pull the MEGA SPORTS BS,oh you live in Chicago.
Anonymous said...
QUESTION???
Where in the Chicagoland area can I go shooting? I can't seem to find a private range anywhere, can someone help me?
Wanting to stay proficient and trained.
7/03/2007 10:34:00 AM
Not many options:Most ranges are not training friendly,unless you just like to stand in the booth and shoot statically.
http://www.isra.org/range/
http://www.buffalorangeshootingpark.com/
I have to agree with 99.9% of what is printed. The one major factor in dealing with weapons is, the will to use them in order to save yourself! (fight vs. flight) You may as well carry a 2 lb paperweight if your not willing to use the weapon!
Many countries have gone on without handguns. In Japan they have very few crimes involving firearms....7/02/2007 12:09:00 AM
Damn genius, you’re sooo right! If a society has few cars, it would be a damn good guess that there are few auto-accidents! Try this one out; look at Crime stats as a total! How about (agg) battery, (agg) assault… and other crimes against person, see how they stack up, then tell us your wonderful stats!
I work in 003, and that's exactly why we need to stop making guns…7/03/2007 07:45:00 AM
Go back in your CAPS office and shut the fuck up! Go play with your pens or something.
Anonymous said...
This is an open question to people who say the 2nd amendment allows or protects the other amendments. If the 2nd amendment is so important then why is it 2nd? and not 1st? Do you know what the 1st amendment is? The founding fathers thought the freedom of speech, press, assembly and worship was the most important. Thats why they put it first.
We as Americans should believe ALL amendments are equally important. You can not take away any of them without endangering life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
7/04/2007 08:02:00 AM
This is an easy one.The Founding fathers knew,just as many today know,that speaking ones mind,verbally,in print,in a peaceful crowd is the FIRST course of protest to injustice.
If REASON is ignored then Force is then warranted.
Example:"Please Mr. Hitler don't gas me"
Hitler:"No im going to kill you anyway"
Jews:"we will fight in Warsaw""then we will form the state of Israel"
to 3:49
F/U!!!
I'm pro-gun, and I play D&D.
(or magic the gathering, if i'm short on time.)
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