I am not now nor have I ever been a military fantasist. I don’t fancy joining a militia or taking on, well, anyone. But it’s kinda hard to stop at one self-defense gun and a holster and a safe and some ammo. You know; if you’re “serious” about armed self-defense.
I mean, a handgun’s great for around town and all. But in terms of home defense it’s best used as an interim weapon on the way to a shotgun. And if you’re going outside to defend your property after, say, a hurricane, an AR-style rifle would be my first choice.
If you’ve got this sort of firearms assortment, you start thinking about how to carry extra ammo and . . . stuff. The whole prepper thing begins to kick-in. The next thing you know you’re saying, yeah I really should carry around four light sticks!
So, where are you on the continuum between one gun and done and a chest rig?
ugh this again
what if you do it and it actually works?
I am feeling optimistic because:
1. the gun grabbers have finally unmasked themselves as such, particularly in MD.
2. Even better, the statistics they are armed with are the same old suicide-infused intellectually dishonest unpersuasive stuff they have been doing for years.
3. people, even in MD are slowly coming to the realization that the bills were a political favor to O’malley and wont improve safety.
4. A bunch of SCOTUS and appellate cases are likely coming up. Kagan is a gun owner. I think libs are sorely mistaken so count her in their camp. And after looking at voting rights and gay rights, I really dont think that SCOTUS will take kindly to restricting other rights. Even the very liberal 4th circuit said that the RKBA for self defense for law abiding citizens must be held to strict scrutiny.
5. over 80% of people, even in MD, think that they have the right to protect themselves and their family with firearms, even in MD. A right severely restricted or delayed is a right denied.
look, i know people feel pessimistic because the progressives launched (what feels like a coordinated surprise) an attack and it feels at the moment like we are losing. i look at it differently. NY had to ram through their bills before they could be debated. In MD, the longer the bill got debated, the more people became aware, the more the bill stank. There is a reason gun control legislation has not been passed in MD in 20 years. We were complacent and so we lost. Now, we are not.