Sipsey Street Irregulars: Another case of mistaken triumphalism. AWR Hawkins sez: "Haters Of Self-Defense Face Unrelenting Defeat Everywhere."

Monday, March 30, 2015

Another case of mistaken triumphalism. AWR Hawkins sez: "Haters Of Self-Defense Face Unrelenting Defeat Everywhere."

Try telling that to the folks living in fear of tyranny behind enemy lines in CT, CO, NY, MD and Wa state. Here's my comment to the author, AWR Hawkins:

Another case of mistaken triumphalism. Try telling that, AWR, to those folks who get up every morning in states now behind enemy lines like CT, CO, MD, NY and Washington state, not knowing if when they get home that the gun raids will have started. Try telling that to the practitioners of armed civil disobedience in those states who have declared publicly that they "Will Not Comply," putting themselves and their families on another government list. The only reason the raids haven't started is that the politicians who passed these laws are frightened of the personal consequences if they do. They truly don't know whether to defecate or go blind. Why don't you, instead of this blind optimism that is obviously occasioned by your own personal distance from the problem,, give some ink to the brave men and women who are engaged in this armed civil disobedience campaign behind enemy lines?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Good point Mike. I doubt the author will see the issue through the lens of the partisans.; March 30, 2015 at 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...: I live in Maryland and I certainly don't have any "fear of tyranny". That's overblown by a vocal minority.; March 30, 2015 at 2:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Marylander: you must be an idiot.; March 30, 2015 at 5:33 PM
TdB said...: I lived in MarXyland for "a minute". If if you can't see it's the See Eye Aye's highly advanced pilot project for Stasi Amurika, lay off the Koolaid.; March 30, 2015 at 7:45 PM
George Pace said...: Mike, please include Hawaii in your listings of states "behind enemy lines". We have NO CCW here. Yeah, the law says it MAY be granted in an "exceptional case". Guess what... there have be 4 (four) exceptional cases in the past 15 years IN THE ENTIRE STATE. It's likely those licenses have not been renewed, so there is probably not one single legal CCW in the entire state at this time.

We have full registration, photos and fingerprinting, for all guns, including "unussable, unserviceable antiques". There is a ban on "assault pistols" and handgun magazines over 10 round capacity. You have to go to the police station three (3) times, Monday through Friday, 9 Am to 3 PM, to purchase a handgun. Etc. It's as bad or worse than anywhere else. Please don't leave us out of your worst of the worst lists. Talk about tryanny.; April 1, 2015 at 1:46 PM

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"We will not go gently . . ."

This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can't be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won't be done. The Founders' Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.

But I tell you this: We will not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we will make with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from that day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.

And when we are gone, the scattered, free survivors hiding in the ruins of our once-great republic will sing of our deeds in forbidden songs, tending the flickering flame of individual liberty until it bursts forth again, as it must, generations later. We will live forever, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, in sacred memory.

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Sipsey Street Irregulars

Monday, March 30, 2015

Another case of mistaken triumphalism. AWR Hawkins sez: "Haters Of Self-Defense Face Unrelenting Defeat Everywhere."

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