tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post5154110309644819089..comments2024-03-29T00:24:13.128-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Guns, Guns, GunsDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-5040097351748524552014-02-24T14:26:55.287-05:002014-02-24T14:26:55.287-05:00There is so much argument over whether or not the ...There is so much argument over whether or not the founders intended for the citizenry to possess such an "instrument of evil" as the AR-15 or AK... And it is always a discussion centered around the rifle and musket, and how much firepower is embodied within respective small arms then and now. Very little is ever said about the fact that the British were as, or more concerned with taking away the instruments of war stored by communities in the form of cannon and mortar, and the powder and shot for such. The founders very much thought that the populace should have access to the firepower therein represented, as their revolutionary documents were partly in reaction to the attempts by the British to move to seize those items. Frankly, the 2nd doesn't just protect our rights to own hunting rifles, AR-15's or ClassIII... but also area denial munitions, anti-armor devices and anti-aircraft capabilities. I'm not saying that it is a good idea for those sorts of items to be freely available, just pointing out where the framers were coming from with the 2A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-44875741525251092862013-10-08T20:22:30.027-04:002013-10-08T20:22:30.027-04:00I had an eerie dream that keeps haunting me. I dre...I had an eerie dream that keeps haunting me. I dreamed a bunch of foreigners armed with military weapons stamped into my home. My spouse told me the government had outlawed all the guns from our home a year ago. The troops eyed my things and I told them to take what they wanted. With extreme disgust, they seethed, "we do not want your possessions......we want you." and proceeded to chain our children together and aim their guns at my head.<br />I think of this dream every single time I hear someone talking about gun bans or further gun control laws. I would never harm another human being unless a scenario such as this one occurs. I'm certain it has in other places of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-47045798086317984712013-06-02T17:31:06.650-04:002013-06-02T17:31:06.650-04:00No words. No words are available or necessary.No words. No words are available or necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-36343337373275512522013-01-01T21:38:25.153-05:002013-01-01T21:38:25.153-05:00This will be the best security for maintaining our...This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins. -- Benjamin FranklinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163385370824510090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-2878796935432342712012-12-25T01:25:37.420-05:002012-12-25T01:25:37.420-05:00As is the majority of gun crime is in the US.As is the majority of gun crime is in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-63215148356401441692012-12-24T15:37:41.481-05:002012-12-24T15:37:41.481-05:00Gun control is a bad idea. It leaves the door open...Gun control is a bad idea. It leaves the door open to oppressive governments, mass murder by those governments (see adolf hitler, Mao and Stalin on gun laws) and fails to take them off criminals who miss the memo and don't follow laws anyway. It's a nice idea that's not thought out properly.the 2nd amendment protects America from being the next communist country and should be revered. It was made by more intelligent folk than us, who were hum me enough not to trust themselves with too much power. Assault weapons are needed to be effective against any government ordered tyranny via the standing army. You are naive if you think it cant happen. Patriot act = communist manifestoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-22615210195043818292012-12-24T15:31:18.631-05:002012-12-24T15:31:18.631-05:00I'm Australian, we have quite considerably tig...I'm Australian, we have quite considerably tight gun control. I don't have a gun, and I did it wouldn't be for self defense because MOST Australians are not as violent as their American counterparts. Besides our government taking private property with a pysop for justification, crime has not really been shown to be impacted in a positive way, although the biased government will dig up slanted statistics.<br />Armed robbery went up for about 2 years after the buyback of semi autos and other crime that everyone thought was on the decline since the gun control laws was actually on the decline BEFORE the laws were instituted anyway. <br />BUT America is a whole different kettle of fish. I used to be irritated by Americans and all their gun loving violent culture but what I didn't see is a one of a kind system of government where the citizens are given the right, duty and obligation to be AS ARMED as their standing army in case the government got oppressive and they needed to defend themselves against it. If you think it can't happen you are just plain naive and don't deserve the freedom that the founding fathers paid for you with unregistered guns that were identical to what the 'military' was using. Adolf hitler, Mao, Stalin, the ottoman empire all agree that you disarm your citizens just before you kill millions of them. The second amendment was out in place by thinking men who didn't even trust themselves with all that power, but knew yet had to be kept honest by their citizens. The problem with the left, socialists and communists are that the trust themselves too much and think their ethics/ lack of morals are good enough of everyone.please tell me more about how you intend to remove assault weapons from 'everyday hands' and leave them in the hands of criminals who unfortunately DON'T follow laws. They will miss the memo on any gun amnesty or just forget to show up etc. Guns are not ideal but as long as criminals, armies and police have them, the common man should be allowed to possess them and defend himself from tyranny from any of these if they become part of an oppressive communist/ or other government. Obama is clearly a socialist which is well on the way to communism and of course he doesn't want to disarm americans so he can institute a government system not based on the constitution... So what is he worried about? Why is he taking away a mans right to defend himself from.very real dangers? True, Americans are so much more paranoid than Australians but they are justifiably so. Assult weapons are needed by the common man to keep the ever honest and holier than though government honest. This right should be respected. When this falls so will the rest of Americas freedoms. The first amendment has already been under attack for ages. And if you read the suggestions in the communist manifesto and then compare them to the patriot act you see it's derived from the manifesto. Disgusting; to see humans running a government not trusting other humans in areas they have far more experience in creating horror in. The American go rennet is totally corrupt and makes me sick in the mouth. Their last hope was Ron Paul... But he didn't win any popularity contests did he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6917607045006370492012-12-22T20:18:43.533-05:002012-12-22T20:18:43.533-05:00Gun control is not a bad idea. I am a conservativ...Gun control is not a bad idea. I am a conservative but most of us see the need to remove assault weapons from everyday hands. They are just not needed except in war.<br />There must be a decent discussion of this topic rather than the stridency I see on the right and left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-76480916449824999142012-12-22T18:07:48.116-05:002012-12-22T18:07:48.116-05:00They're already armed to the teeth.
Who would...They're already armed to the teeth.<br /><br />Who would you rather rely on to stop them if the worst happens, the usual politicians or your neighbors next door?Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-46066538037313167432012-12-21T19:04:16.536-05:002012-12-21T19:04:16.536-05:00I drop into your blog on a regular basis Daniel, I...I drop into your blog on a regular basis Daniel, I can not fathom how a guy can be so intelligent and so prolific at the same time, I despise Islam, but your arguments about gun control stinks of I'm right you're left, just for the goddamn sake of it been right?<br /><br />Come on Daniel you're a very intelligent man??? imagine a million and one Muslims armed to the teeth?<br /><br />Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-82314620863181318252012-12-20T18:05:30.768-05:002012-12-20T18:05:30.768-05:00great article. great article. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-46985770944337053102012-12-20T13:27:36.930-05:002012-12-20T13:27:36.930-05:00I would recommend everyone yelling at ReillyThom g...I would recommend everyone yelling at ReillyThom go (re)read "A Modest Proposal." Personally I thought Reilly's screed was hilarious.<br /><br />SultanKnish, thank you for a well-written and well-thought-out post.<br /><br />MarvellousOneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-86543724268167625032012-12-19T08:25:01.051-05:002012-12-19T08:25:01.051-05:00Dear Reilly THom,
You are the most ignorant and n...Dear Reilly THom,<br /><br />You are the most ignorant and naive person I have ever had the pain of reading thoughts from. All your logic and facts are flawed. Please go do some historical research. Hitler instituted gun laws taking guns off the 'common man' as you say, about 3 years before he started rounding up and killing millions of Jews. This tactic was employed by Mao in china and the Ottoman empire too. Go and educate yourself for the betterment of mankind please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20103011966798818372012-12-17T20:51:55.983-05:002012-12-17T20:51:55.983-05:00Do not pass "Go," do not collect $200. G...Do not pass "Go," do not collect $200. Go immediately to www.Hawaii.edu/powerkills/20th.htm or Amazon.com and peruse "Death By Government" by Professor R.J. Rummel. The governments you would trust to make sure all "the common men" "behave" murdered more than 170 MILLION of their own citizens in the last century. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll take the risk of my well-armed peasant/common man neighbor going berserk before I'd risk my life that your angelic government agents won't commit democide in their attempt to "regulate the people properly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-71451091721986416662012-12-17T20:01:00.720-05:002012-12-17T20:01:00.720-05:00Rielly THom - "6 million Jews died because th...Rielly THom - "6 million Jews died because the USA had guns" - really? Where did this happen? Your argument is completely factually incorrect - are you trying to discuss Hitler and his nazis rounding up UN-ARMED Jewish people and killing them? Perhaps if all the Jewish people HAD arms, a few less would have been killed. <br /><br />You make no sense whatsoever. <br /><br />America came LATE into WWII - or don't you recall that? In any case, how would American gun ownership "make" anyone else in the world do anything? By telekenitic power or something?<br /><br />You, sir, just don't get it. <br /><br />Go research the truth about history on this planet. Perhaps you'll understand one day, because today you surely don't get it at all... not one iota.<br /><br />By the way, Daniel - GREAT article...Lisa G in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726078658954265756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-16921292648984576772012-12-17T18:40:43.945-05:002012-12-17T18:40:43.945-05:00Good Lord, Rielly. I hope you had simply forgotten...Good Lord, Rielly. I hope you had simply forgotten the tag.Richard of OZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73637910122842770682012-12-17T18:37:57.105-05:002012-12-17T18:37:57.105-05:00Daniel,
The belief that removing guns from everyo...Daniel,<br /><br />The belief that removing guns from everyone except LEOs and military would protect us is false as well (as I'm sure you know). A guy on my squad at San Diego PD was killed one night by a fourteen year old who dressed in his step-father's deputy Sheriff uniform, strapped on his duty revolver, and took his marked patrol car for a joyride (while Mom and Step-dad were out of town). <br /><br />When my co-worker pulled his unit up next to where this kid was parked, thinking he was going to schmooze with a deputy, the kid panicked and shot my co-worker through his open window, killing him.<br /><br />Just to dispell that myth in anyone's mind. If any guns are available, the bad guys (or people who will misuse them, anyway) will get them. <br /><br />Yet, they are the only way a human being can defend him- or herself from a larger, stronger aggressor or multiple aggressors. No one has the right to deprive another of such effective self-defense, unless they have actually demonstrated they will intentionally misuse a firearm to harm others.RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-79472670579616271312012-12-17T18:09:56.064-05:002012-12-17T18:09:56.064-05:00If people did not have to own guns there could be ...If people did not have to own guns there could be no war. Only the army should own guns and not many of them either.<br />Disarmament of the entire America is the only answer.<br />Only when the USA has no weapons will the world be free of murder and hatred.<br />6 million Jews died because the USA had guns and murders of all kinds leading the whole world to follow them<br />Pol Pot followed the USA to murder his own people with guns and weapons.<br />We need legislation now to forbid weapons, to stop the arms race and end nuclear proliferation in America.<br />We got to take guns out of the hands of the common man and put them in the hands of government only where they can regulate the people properly and make sure they behave.Rielly THomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-82965554580206791152012-12-17T18:06:22.281-05:002012-12-17T18:06:22.281-05:00No you are stupid since you don't know that it...No you are stupid since you don't know that it is you're, not your.Anonymous -938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-25375685914503671812012-12-17T14:45:57.283-05:002012-12-17T14:45:57.283-05:00Your stupid.....Your stupid.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-9112482981473984072012-12-17T14:38:26.215-05:002012-12-17T14:38:26.215-05:0080 million gun owners didn't shoot anyone toda...80 million gun owners didn't shoot anyone today. A fact that will be glossed over in the histrionics to create a national gun-free zone by the collectivists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-91782464506379550962012-12-17T14:02:01.913-05:002012-12-17T14:02:01.913-05:00The sad thing is that nobody is willing to address...The sad thing is that nobody is willing to address the real problem, the fact that it is not the guns, in any shape or form, that are at fault, be it fully auto AK47 or .22 pistol. They are just tools with the potential to kill. A knife, also with that potential, can reek havoc in the hands of those who want to kill the helpless. As we saw in China on the same day as the mass killing. Any weapon in the hands of a psycho can do a lot of damage. Would we be even having this discussion if those that possessed those knives and guns chose not to express their anger by going on a psychopathic killing sprees? Could anyone imagine these school shootings happening even as recently as the 1950's? Instead of asking ourselves the question, "Where did all these psychos suddenly come from in our society?", we instead say, "The psychos are fine, lets just take the weapons away so the psychos can't kill us." It is irresponsible to the point of madness. When I was growing up in the 1980's I was unpopular and picked on. I was what one would call a nerd. I hated the bullies and those that hurt me. I would fantasize about having my revenge. This was later popularly called nerd rage. Never in a million years would I desire to take an assault rifle onto campus and go on a killing spree. As one can see from all the school shootings, almost all those that went on these sprees were outsiders, ostracized by their peers and picked on. This is no different then when I grew up, but, in this day an age, nerd rage has taken on a whole new form. How can this be? What could have changed? I believe the sense of selfish entitlement inculcated in this generation by the flawed liberal thinking the previous generation has allowed nerd rage to move from quiet anger and begrudging acceptance to psychopathic killing sprees. <br />The root cause of this is the departure from teaching our youth the realities of life. Instead of teaching our children that there are winners and losers in life and that they need to try hard to not be a loser, we teach them that everyone's a winner and that they are special just the way they are. Instead of teaching them to aspire to greatness and realize they are not great by default, we tell them to aspire to mediocrity. We can see it in the absurdity of the "self esteem movement" and the media bombarding our children with images of awkward and scrawny characters, as ideals. Instead of looking up to others who are intelligent, strong, and attractive with the impression of that as an ideal, they are told that those awkward individuals in the movies and shows are OK just the way they are and they should feel the same way about themselves. Instead of teaching them to have grand aspirations of progression as human beings, through hard work, we see a bunch of highly disappointing kids that are shocked that UPS did not deliver to their doorstep their SUV, flat screen TV and big house. When the walls of reality come crashing down for these poor souls, instead of seeing a brutal but realistic hierarchy of life, they see complete injustice. They feel cheated. Some, on a level that drives them to acts of utter lunacy, to psychopathic killing sprees. We need to let our children know that we love them but that in the real world not everything they do is golden and that they have to struggle and deal with injustice to find greatness, but that, that is the reality of life and the way of the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-30093561011638211312012-12-17T13:49:07.484-05:002012-12-17T13:49:07.484-05:00A gun-free zone is a murder-zone.
When I see a g...A gun-free zone is a murder-zone.<br /> <br />When I see a gun-free sign this is what I hear:<br />“Dear homicidal maniac,<br />We certify there is no one inside this facility who can meet you with any real force.<br />You will have approximately ten minutes to kill as many people as you are able.<br />Signed,<br />The Management.”<br /> <br />I talked with a man the other day and he said “Well, you can’t have security guards in every school.” I said “Guards? You don’t need to employ guards. What’s wrong with all the other people in the school? The teachers, principals, vice-principals, janitors, lunch ladies, office workers, councilors, and others? These are grown men and women. If they choose to get a CCW they should be allowed to pack. There should be guidelines in schools for carrying on the job – not laws prohibiting it!”<br /> <br />So many people want to live in The Shire where wolves have been outlawed.<br />“No wolves here, Thank you. Why, I'm certain I wouldn’t even know how to repel a wolf attack. And anyway, we have people to do that if it ever comes up. Good morning!”<br /> <br />But wolves do not disappear just because people make it illegal to be a wolf.<br />And then, one day, a wolf is sniffing at your door…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51021157047563602152012-12-17T13:26:31.539-05:002012-12-17T13:26:31.539-05:00Comparing longbows to assault rifles and automatic...Comparing longbows to assault rifles and automatic pistols is quite a stretch. The former is a powerful tool in the hands of an archer with skill and the ability to send a SINGLE arrow at a target before reloading. An automatic weapon sprays lethal lead which can explode on impact at rates that can exceed 5 PER SECOND. <br /><br />If you see an equivalence between them then the logical extension is free access to grenades, rocket launchers, and flame throwers. <br /><br />Maybe even IEDs. <br />Michael J Stammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09117139066609216910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6293653585782816102012-12-17T13:01:13.798-05:002012-12-17T13:01:13.798-05:00"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on..."Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." -Benjamin FranklinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com