Reply #207: I can only answer for myself [View All]

[frank4570]

but here is what I think.

"I can't figure out whether to buy a gun or not. If our society goes downhill and people randomly start shooting at each other, I'm pretty sure I'll eventually have my gun taken away (I'm a short woman) or will be shot myself. Or it will somehow end badly. Maybe I'm going down fighting, but what's the point? Did the gun help?"

If our society goes downhill it is not going to be average people who end up shooting other people. It will be criminals just like now,and just like Katrina. If a criminal tries to hurt you it may end badly or it may not. But if you have a gun and know how to use it, and are willing to use it, you are just as capable of defending yourself as a person twice your size. If you are now willing to use the gun you have, then it is worse to have it then not.
There is a 911 audio tape on the internet now, it goes on for about 20 minutes. A woman is in her house with the 911 dispatcher as a stalker is breaking into her house. He breaks into her house,walks around the house for a while, and slowly breaks down the door of the room she is hiding in, and comes after her. It is just awful to hear her on the tape screaming.But her friend gave her a gun and as the bad guy is trying to strangle her she shoots him in the chest a few times. Bad guy rapist/murderer dies, woman is hysterical but she is not hurt.

"And as your post above states -- responsible gun owners DIDN'T (i.e. it's a FACT) resist when officers arrive to confiscate them. So we do not back up our thinking with actions. ...and maybe that means as humans there is some good in us. But if I'm going to give in and give up my gun, why buy it in the first place?"

If there is a new ban you may not be able to buy the gun you want. But if you buy it before a ban you will probably get to keep what you already have. People still legally own real machine guns in this country.But they are so rare they sell for 10 times what they are worth.

"From a conspiracy theorist standpoint, if I buy a gun and register it, I may end up on "the list" of people who get ushered to FEMA camps when martial law is imposed. I could be considered a terrorist. (Not saying this is all my opinion, but it is a possibility.)"

I don't believe anything like this will happen short of a disaster of biblical proportions. Not in my lifetime.

"Lastly, I ashamedly do not know the US Constitution or Bill of Rights very well. So I can't present a good argument on this one, but isn't in there somewhere that the US Military works for us and shouldn't be policing us? Or Blackwater for that matter. These things are starting to happen. So in order to keep the "proper" US intact, to follow our laws as written... am I responsible to protect myself from these changes that are happening by buying as many guns as possible (so I have them to share!), and that any gun should be legal to buy, because I should have any kind of firepower "my" military has. They work for me."

Blackwater is a private contractor, not military. So they most certainly can operate in the U.S. If things go so badly that you and your friends, or me and my friends, distribute our rifles and go up against a large Blackwater force, we will loose. Quickly and decisively.
But Ruby Ridge and Waco are good examples of what can happen. Because those people had guns there was a ton of publicity. People asked questions. The govt. was held accountable in court. If those civilians didn't have guns we would know nothing about either of those events. Law enforcement would be free to do what ever they want without fear of publicity or repercussions.

"In the end, I think I'm going to end up being a "sheepie" American and not buy one. But I'd love feedback on any of the stuff I'm confused about."

And in the end you will probably never need a gun, and that is a good thing. It is like fire insurance. If I need to use it, I need it really badly. But I would prefer to never need it.

I hope I've made some sense here.
Have a good day.