Thank you for bringing this topic back to self-defense. I appreciate it!
I’d avoid signage of any sort that implies I have firearms. While it might be a deterrent for some, it might attract others who want the firearms.
Staging weapons (any sort of weapon) may be useful if they are secure. A few things to consider when staging weapons around the home - are the secure from children? Are they easily stolen if someone breaks in when you’re not at home?
I am concerned if our military is turned on the people by executive order, that we are kissing the First and Fourth Amendment goodbye. Can the Second be far behind? There was a reason the framers did not want military doing law enforcement.
As I understand it, an insurrection is an attempt to overthrow the government. I do not see that, in this mess.
When I entered the military, my oath was to protect the Constitution, not the president issuing executive orders.
@Dawn you’re very welcome and I appreciate your thoughts on the signage. I’ve never been one for advertising, I can’t even proudly display USCCA decal on my car, for fear I could be targeted. It is proudly displayed on my safe.
It’s just that the times have changed so drastically so fast.
As far as staging I fully understand safety issues and deployment.
In times of disaster, we send in the National Guard. The peaceful protesters aren’t the problem. One thing that has been absolutely shown through all of this, is you are your own first responder when there is a breakdown of the rule of law. Under normal circumstances, when seconds count the police are minutes away. Now, what if there is an angry mob, turned over cars and a burning building between the officers and you? Can you defend yourself and loved ones long enough? Do you have enough vital supplies to bunker in place for a few days? Are you prepared do take lethal action, to defend life? Do you have alternate travel routes of an insurrection break about while your at work?
I may be wrong, but it really seems that scale of protests, and numbers of participants are greatly exaggerated by the Media. I spoke to people I know in Brooklyn and Chicago, and elsewhere in Midwest, and they haven’t actually seen anything.
2nd point, what is there to protest, legitimately? The officer is arrested, charged. What are they protesting now –due process? They want to lynch him? I think most people understand that the protest lost all moral weight. The riots were, without a doubt, organized and financed. But looting has only so much inertia to continue, and will wither, as always.
Who is there to enact Martial Law against? I strongly doubt it will come, so everyone take a chill pill and switch to regularly scheduled programming.
However, I’d like to celebrate The Protester/Looter as 2020 Gun Salesman of the Year
Find some kid to insult, not an older fart than you.
I see an executive branch trying to usurp authority from the other branches of an ineffectual Federal Government. I see others trying to turn us socialist. I see foreign actors creating chaos. What I do not see is these protestors and the outlying criminals making an armed effort to overthrow the government which requires the intervention of the military against our own people. That is an attempt to usurp authority and kill the Constitution by the administration.
Having the military come and run missions on US soil on US citizens is not a good precedence. I’m pretty sure that’s expressly stated cant happen in some bill somewhere. I take it as Trump putting pressure on local government to make the moves that need to happen to shut the riots down. At this rate, what do you think the riots of 20 years from now will look like? Demolition man style policing?
The military can be used anywhere in the United States. You’re thinking of posse comitatus, which forbids federal DoD forces (Title 10) from being used as police. But they can (and have) support police forces and other civil agencies, and can protect federal interests from any threat, foreign or domestic.
I’m not saying it is or isn’t a good idea to use Soldiers to quell riots, I’m just providing context that it has been done and is legal within limits.
Interesting turn of events: Gov Cuomo has stated that he has the authority to “displace” the mayor of NYC and use state troops (NYNG) to get the city under control. Note that he also said he didn’t want to at this point, but he deliberately left it on the table by saying that he “could.” That’s a more interesting scenario, because the federal rules don’t necessarily apply to an in-state feud. The governors have much more authority than the president does in these types of situations.
Maybe it’s time to re-make “Escape from New York,” the 2020 edition.
On second thought… we’ve had months of lockdowns, travel bans, forced unemployment, suspended the right to assemble and right to protest, curfews, etc. What would change under marital law? Would we even notice?
Hey @Chris3, how was your comment censored? Certain words are automatically not allowed. Other than that one of our team has to review it. I don’t remember deleting or censoring your posts at all (granted, I don’t remember every post I see every day).
If you could let me know how it was censored I will track down what happened when I’m back at my computer tomorrow.
It’s been a strange year!
