US politics have really gone to shit, haven't they

[vendic]

rofl

[geonuc]

rationale behavior.

Or rational even. Yup. That's right. That's all I have to add to this discussion. A spelling correction. Yay me.

[Swift]

My take on this (backed up by no data that I can present) is that the people who advocate any sort of need for the average citizen to have such weapons comes from one or more of the following camps (they aren't mutually exclusive):
- they want them because they want them and don't think or care more deeply than that
- they believe all this conspiracy stuff that Obama or Hillary or the next Commie leader is going to come and round them all up and send them to the death camps unless they have enough firepower to fight off the dang Blue Coats
- a variant of that where the invading army is composed of Mexican/Islamic/Nigger/Jew immigrants
- they've bought the nonsense that even the slightest check on unbridled second amendment rights is the first step in a complete cancellation of the second amendment. It is the same absolutism mindset that thinks that teaching sex education and distributing condoms is the first step to devil worship and killing babies

I offer as evidence the following...

A friend of mine from High School posted the following on Facebook:

To which I responded with

And is there any current concerns about becoming a British colony again, or the colony of anyone?

And to which someone else responded with

Yes, but as long as the People are armed they can defend their rights, property, and lives from any aggressor. That includes government entities.

[SciFi Chick]

[geonuc]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

[vendic]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

*like*

[SciFiFisher]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

I'd be willing to put up a token defense if they did.

[geonuc]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

I'd be willing to put up a token defense if they did.

Not me. I'm going the French route - I've already piled the guns and ammo on the floor and hoisted a white flag.

I, for one, welcome our new SwedMark overlords.

[Yosh]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

I dunno...Gustavas Adolphus helped wreak havoc in Europe during the 30 Years War.

[vendic]

I'm going to get on a boat, sail to Australia and let them know that the USA is ripe for taking over.
I'll put a flag in the ground in Florida and claim this land ours and introduce Australian socialism to the USA.
That weird concept where if you work really hard, you should have something to show for it at the end of the day instead of it being given to those who have more.

[Sigma_Orionis]

I dunno...Gustavas Adolphus helped wreak havoc in Europe during the 30 Years War.

Yeah, but couldn't make a warship that was actually worth a damn

[Swift]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

[SciFi Chick]

If we're going to be invaded and colonized, can it please be by Sweden, or Denmark?

And here I'd thought you'd lost all hope.

[Swift]

And here I'd thought you'd lost all hope.

I have. Sweden is too smart to invade us.

[vendic]

You can pry my shitty pathetic existence living to be fucked over by those I aspire to be, from my cold dead hands!

lol

Clearly not directed at you Swift.