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2008-04-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-04-22 05:20|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I recall #2 son taking the .22 out to the woods several Thanksgivings ago, potting a squirrel on his second shot, then insisting on his momma cooking it so he could eat it. He only ate a little, since momma can't cook wild game worth a damn, but I noticed an immediate improvement in his posture and manner that reflected more inner confidence in himself.

Thomas jefferson himself commented on the good that accrues to a man who can handle firearms well and safely.

Posted by ptah">ptah 2008-04-22 10:09|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-04-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 On a related note: was it Heinlein who said: "A well-armed society is a polite society"?

Posted by xbalanke 2008-04-22 12:33|| 2008-04-22 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd rather think that a civilized country is a polite society; I doubt US gangbangers are very polite, and I don't think that the african traditional societies that IIUC have been turned upside-down by the arrival of fast repeating firearms (allowing to settle disputes much more efficiently than say with spears) are very polite and ordered, just look at somalia.
Look again at the USA, increasing crime over the 60's onward was certainly not due to weapons, it was more probably linked to a general breakdown of civility (thanks to liberalism). The NRA slogan is just that, a slogan, but I really believe it's 100% accurate, guns don't kill people, people kill people. And bad/dysfunctional societies breed bad/dysfunctional people.
I like Heinlein, though.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-04-22 12:58|| 2008-04-22 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Agreed, anonymous5089. While Mr. Heinlein did say that, certainly the highly armed societies Mr. Heinlein described were not more polite than the post-Trouble Times societies in which many of his stories are set, merely more violent.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-22 14:11|| 2008-04-22 14:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Slight but important correction, Heinlein said(Wrote) "An Armed society" not "A well armed society"

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-22 21:59|| 2008-04-22 21:59|| Front Page Top

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