Subj : Re: obamas gun fight
To : BOB ACKLEY
From : Tim Richardson
Date : Sat Jan 16 2016 04:59 pm
> > TR>>> American citizens the right to keep and bear arms was to keep an
> > TR>>> armed citizenry able to resist and overthrow a tyrannical
> > TR>>> government.
> > ak>> Small arms is useless for that purpose.
> > TR> What makes you think all we've got is `small arms'?
> > If the army use tanks, bombers, satellite, drones, spying equipment
> > where can buy it? If you catch a tank it will be destroyed by a bomber
> > withing minutes.
Not to mention the military members being `family' of those the government
would want to be suppressing. A look at the expressions on the nation's
military commanders faces as Hussein delivered his `state of his own self'
address the other night pretty much says it; a tyrant of his stripe would
have little control over the nation's military should the citizenry at large
start a popular revolt to restore the full governance of our Constitution
as it was intended by the Founders. Much of what Hussein boasted of in a
military `accomplishment' vein got scornful, `what has he been smoking'
looks from the military leaders.
> Tanks and bombers are pretty much useless in an urban environment - unless
> the government wants to alienate the rest of the people. They're pretty
> much useless in jungles and forests, too. We should have learned that in
> Vietnam and you should have learn ed it in Afghanistan.
The APC's of the armored Cav units did pretty good in the highlands and on
roads. I saw M1 tanks there, but no huge armored units like in WWII. Mostly
it would be two or three M1's securing a bridge complex, or for patrolling
Highway 1 in hot spots that didn't involve heavy natural cover or many
villages. Very rarely saw more than a few I one place. Armored divisions
were there, but actual `tank' battles didn't happen.
> Small arms, however, are very useful in such an environment. So are knives
> and garrots.
Well-aimed gallon containers with gasoline in them are perfect for taking out
an APC loaded with troops. A 30 06 round from 400 yards does a perfect job
as well. Most American hunters are well up on their shooting skills with a
rifle.
> > If a person hasn't been in a mental hospital during his life it doesn't
> > mean he is healthy mentally. That is the way how nutcases acquire
> > submachine guns.
> Submachine guns and "assault rifles" are just bullet hoses. They are
> notoriously inaccurate.
Were I to have a choice of weapon I'd take the M14 over the M16 or anything
they've got along those lines now-a-days.
The M-14 I had in my Vietnam unit had a selector switch for semi or full
automatic. We went to a range on post at Chu Lai regularly with our weapons,
and I felt comfortable with what I had.
> An experienced shooter can do far more damage -
> from a much greater distance - with a scoped big game rifle, and have
> little "collateral damage."
Open sights with a `peep-sight-front-blade' system isn't too shabby, either.
On the range in Basic I could knock down silhouette targets at 350 with an
M-14 lying in a prone position.
> > TR> The vast majority of people this president is referring to when he
> > TR> accuses us of `clinging to God and our guns' are just as
> > TR> responsible and experienced with firearms as I try to be.
> > But anyway, allowing school teachers to have guns is a bad idea. ;=)
> A century and a half ago in this country it was quite common for students -
> ages 10 to 13 - in rural schools to carry pistols to and from school. Yet
> there was none of the mayhem then that there is now
A mass shooting at a school would have been unheard of. Not even a danger.
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