Re: Are Guns Really a Friend of Freedom?


"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> MELVIN LEE DAVIS <7-string@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>
>> Matt wrote:
>>
>>> Cole Firearms Inc. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Matt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Stalin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I did ask for a concrete example of an armed citizenry successfully
>>>>>>resisting a dictatorship.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>You could make a case for Poland, at least for a while. Afghanistan, I
>>>>>suppose. But no, there is no chance that an "armed citizenry" will win
>>>>>against a military dictatorship. It doesn't matter what you do, you
>>>>>still will get obliterated by superior weapons.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Assuming your enemy is willing to use the super Weapons.
>>>
>>>
>>> I said "superior", not super. A shotgun is a nice weapon, as is a
>>> handgun,
>>> but both lack something when facing a machine gun.
>>
>>
>> What "superiority" does a machine gun have?
>>
>> According to you....."_______________"?
>>
>>
>
> Many machine gunners have been defeated by a single rifleman.
> (sniper,especially)

Sergeant York, anyone?



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