Rosy
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All bearable arms are not protected....................
Try again
From D.C. v Heller...on what is protected...
We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans.
Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment.
We do not interpret constitutional rights that way. Just as the First Amendment protects modern forms of communications, e.g., Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U. S. 844, 849 (1997), and the Fourth Amendment applies to modern forms of search, e.g., Kyllo v. United States, 533 U. S. 27, 35–36 (2001), the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding.
How is a street legal AR-15 going to beat an invading military
The same way the AK-47 defeated Helicopters, Tanks, Machine Guns, and every other known modern weapon including attack aircraft and heavy bombers in Vietnam. The same way that the simple rifle is defeating us in Afghanistan today. The same way that weapons bought in Miami gun shops overthrew the Government and Military of Cuba. But let’s play like the revolution that people warn about does happen shall we?
First, the Military has Helicopters, Jets, Drones, Satellites, Tanks, and armored vehicles right? But how many do they have? If you count every single person in the Military, Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, and Coast Guard, you have perhaps two million. Of those two million, perhaps one hundred thousand are actually Infantry. Now, I don’t know about you, but I doubt that the clerks at Headquarters or the Dental Technicians from Medical are going to be doing a lot of fighting.
About a third of those are navy. How far inland can the Navy reach? A hundred miles? Four hundred? Again, look at the map, and see how thinly the coverage really is, not just limited in distance. There just ain’t that many planes and carriers.
But wait, there is more to consider. Napoleon said an Army marches on it’s stomach. That was true. Then. Now, the Army floats on a sea of Diesel Fuel. Tanks can’t just drive where they want to go, they are amazingly fragile pieces of equipment. So they need trucks to carry them, and fuel to make the truck and the tank go. A tank is not exactly like your car. It isn’t even remotely fuel efficient. A company of Armor burns hundreds of gallons of diesel every day. That is why the tanks spend most of their time in the Motor Pool. It is really expensive to drive them about. Helicopters, Jets, transports, drones, and all that neat flying stuff also burns a hell of a lot of fuel every single day.
If a Revolution starts, and most of the fuel is refined in Texas and Louisiana, where is the Military going to get it when the good old boys there stop showing up to work? Or worse, tamper with the fuel to make it tear up the engines of the tanks? Then how do you get it to the tanks from the refinery? Any revolution worth the word would target logistics first. You see, a lot of us are ex military, and we know what makes an army work. We know it desperately needs fuel, parts, and other supplies. This is why there were so many Convoys for the Insurgents to attack in Iraq and in Afghanistan. It’s why they are still being attacked.
Without Fuel, tanks, trucks, planes, helicopters, and drones are just static display pieces. Patton ran out of fuel on his attack, so it happens even when people are struggling to get the supplies to the front where it is needed.
All those awesome weapons of war also need maintainance. Generally speaking, for every hour of flight time, a helicopter needs ten hours of maintainance. Engines break, transmissions wear, rotors need replacement, and the electronics need repair. So you need a lot of parts to keep those things flying. Tanks too need a lot of maintainance. Tracks wear out quickly. Then if they are not replaced, the tank “throws a track” which means the hundred million dollar awesome tank has just become a stationary pillbox. Still dangerous, but not really threatening.
So in the first month, if the Government was unable to put the revolution down, the Government eventually lose. As the logistic train dried up, the ability of the small military to go where it was neeeded evaporates.
But where are the insurgents? Everywhere. Some here, some there, loosely affiliated, all just pissed off. They’ll fight the cops, and some will die, and so will the cops. The National Guard will probably refuse to move, because who wants to fight their own families? I suppose you could try and Motivate the Soldiers by shooting one or two but then you can never turn your back on the troops, because they fragged officers in Vietnam, and they can and will do so again.
When I made Sergeant, I called my Dad just as proud as could be. My Dad said to remember one thing. While I was leading the troops, I should look over my shoulder now and then to make sure someone was following me. I didn’t get that at first, but I did later. My soldiers might not be willing to follow me, and if they aren’t there isn’t much I can do about it.
If you imagine the military is filled with automatons, you are sadly mistaken. There are five types who join the military. The first group are the legacy’s. These are people who joined because Dad, Granddad, Great Granddad, and so on joined. These are the Lieutenant Dan’s of the military. The second Group are the lack of option people. They joined because there were no jobs, and it was either join the military, or end up in jail. The third group are the killers. These are the guys who want to kill someone. There aren’t many of them, thankfully. But there are always one or two in a company. The rest of the soldiers generally don’t trust them too much, but that is a case by case basis.
The fourth type are the college fund. These guys and girls just want to do their tour, and get the hell out and go to school. They have dreams that they want to pursue, and they are willing to serve, but aren’t looking for any heroics. They just want to do their time, and get the hell out.
The Fifth Type, that is the largest group. These are the Patriots. They believe that serving is good. They are off to defend their families, friends, neighbors. They love the nation, and their hearts swell hearing John Phillips Sousa’s various marches.
The Killers might fire on fellow Americans. The Legacy’s probably won’t. The College fund types, call that a coin toss. The lack of option people? They’ll go with the majority. They’re trying to stay out of trouble. The vast majority of the Patriots will not do it. They won’t fire on fellow Americans. They joined to defend America, and America is the people to them.
Or do you think that the Georgia National Guard will fire on their neighbors and friends? If you do, you are sadly mistaken. Oh, and all those drones, haven’t won anything.
So you think that a semi auto AR-15 is the same weapon as a full auto AK-47..............
Kid go play with your toys
I get it, you asked a question that you thought was clever, and now it was answered with intelligent responses......yes, irregular warfare can defeat a superior military force.....
Now you don't know how to respond...
You provided no answer of your own, you copy and pasted a bunch of krap that could have been pasted by a 3 year old