I hope this country doesn't forget for a long time (as long as it takes to repay trillions of wasteful spending) what liberal pinheads do when vested with power. No patriotism, no values, no beliefs other than political "correctness” as the Progressive Left ideology comes unglued.

It’s sad the American Masses swallowed the attacks on religion, on God in our school, on abortion regulation, on immigration control, on an attempt to socialize health care through ObamaCare, on failed foreign policy, and even murder of our men in Benghazi and IRS abuse.
It took trying to take their guns to wake them up and to move.

I should be happy my fellows finally saw the scam but think how close it came to losing a country. Very sad commentary on values in the country. And even sadder commentary on how and what these left wing scumbags would try to destroy a nation.

I think people should remember that back in the 1960s and 1970s when there were riots in the cities and big anti-war demonstrations things were calmer than today. At any point in those days anyone could walk into a hardware or sporting goods store and buy as much ammo, or any gun that he wanted to buy. I can't help wondering why the government seems to be ramping up its attacks on people who support the Constitution? Why aren't the people in the IRS, and the EPA, and the Justice Dept being fired over their transgressions? Is it because the WWII guys are gone and the government thinks we are all wussies?

Politicians who think they can ignore supply and demand will fail. Weather it's liberals trying to restrict guns or my own party's silly continuation of the drug war. It's just a question of how much damage they do to the country before the inevitable happens.

I think we may be at the tipping point of seeing a new political party being born; either by reconstituting the GOP or by splitting away from it and reforming along more libertarian lines.
I've always said that I'm a Republican only because anarchism isn't socially acceptable and the Libertarian Party isn't electorally viable. But when establishment figures in the GOP like Boehner are angered more about a leak that revealed everyone's 4th Amendment rights are being trampled on than he is about the dismemberment of the 4th Amendment, it doesn't leave you much of anywhere to go. Based on polls, at least 85-percent if not 90-percent of the GOP rank & file, and about 2/3 of independents, are up in arms; literally and figuratively. Either the GOP will follow new leaders like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz or regular voters will follow them out the door.
My original political hero was Barry Goldwater, and that's the kind of person we need right now. Someone who will keep us militarily strong but only intervene somewhere when our genuine national interests are a stake; who will adhere to the WHOLE Constitution and the original intent of the Founders, rather than what some politicians or judges trying to chart a course around it reinterpret it to say; and someone with genuine principles who will tell the truth, let the chips fall where they may and put an end to the classified secrecy that is proving to the real, last refuge of scoundrels.
The very first thing someone like that should do is disassemble that data information-gathering monstrosity they're building in Utah brick-by-brick, and let it go back to being mule deer habitat. This is America, not the old USSR, and we don't need the equivalent of the KGB to keep us "safe." Intentions have nothing to do with it. Give any central government that kind of power and you can absolutely guarantee it will be abused, and your liberty eroded.

I'll tell you the tipping point, my brother in N.J. sent me a link about a guy pulled over by the authorities, he had a 3" knife in his pocket(which they called a "dagger") and a 10' knife in his car(which they called a "machete") and they arrested him on weapons charges!!!He did not threaten anyone, it does not matter, the way the laws are written in that state, the police can claim any thing is a weapon if they choose.

I want all you guys on my side when the s*#t hits the fan and I believe it will not be long.
The regime seems to be dead set to destroy our constitution and it will not be long before the people will rebel!

Dave Petzal quoting Hunter Thompson...now I've seen everything!

At the risk of revealing myself to be an HST nerd, the true quote is, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." If things don't change, we are truly headed for weird times.

"you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy" - Obama

Between the two I'll take 100% privacy, thank you very much.

Current estimates on MD wait times are over 100 days. And no that is not for a carry permit, that is for a "regulated weapons" purchase. As bubba mentioned some dealers are doing limited 8th day releases. The rush is to buy everything you need prior to the new law being implemented on Oct 1. Especially since the state is yet to release guidance on how to obtain a permit once the law goes into effect. I fear MD gun buyers are in for years of pain due to this. Hopefully we will prevail in court.

DEP

Bombs.
Terrorist.
Jihad.
Plot.
Islam.

Now they'll read your post!
No thanks necessary! LOL!

It was actually Tricky Dicky Nixon that gave us the 55mph highway speeds, 68 degree heat, cold water washing and long gas lines during the Arab oil embargo in 1973. Carter gave us long gas lines in '77 with the "Windfall Profits Tax" and 21% interest rates in '80. Same 'ol, same 'ol clowns in power now gonna fix everything they screwed up.....yeah right! Good thing I bought up bricks of .22's long time ago. Ain't got much hope but change is a comin'.

I am very thankful that we live in a country where we can vote the leaders out of office instead of having to take up arms against them.

To Jim in NC: To the best of my knowledge, if you are an American citizen who puts on the uniform of a belligerent nation and swears an oath to defend it, all bets are off. You are officially an enemy combatant, and that's the end of it.

T.W. Davidson
Precisely! How about government "officials" giving us their most truthful statements instead - the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and not giving us "It depends on what the meaning of the word is, is."

We have our free speech attacked by the IRS and the person responsible (and whose salary we are still paying while she goes on vacation)pleads the 5th.

This tipping point has long since turned into an avalanche!

well, i would rather trust a wolf to watch my kids for the weekend, than i would trust our government to do ANYTHING that is actually GOOD for this country. the current batch of so called "politicians" are as trustworthy, as any venomous viper in the world. in fact, they really do remind me of each other. we have a very good reason to fear these "people". they want our guns, so they can do much more dastardly things than they are already doing. and what they are doing now is really enough to be called TREASON. i can not say that each and every individual in Washington dc, is guilty of treason, but i would be willing to bet that the devil is a very, happy camper up there! if the Founding Fathers were alive, you would not be able to see across any street there either. there would be so much smoke from the black powder, that not even the White House would have clean air to breathe. i am in no way stating that "We, The People", should be at war with the current administration. but, i am very surprised it has not happened already. i know there are many a good man in this country, and an equal amount of good women. however, not a one of them are even ABLE to run for ANY political arena in the big league. "they", have kept that from happening for many, many years. no one of any virtue, will ever hold a high office in this land, until the political machine that is now running this country, has been disassembled, and demolished..

I will take the freedom to provide my own security. There is no security without freedom.

i am completely fed up with the liberals! saying there gonna fix everything but all they do is screw things up!!! 1776 is gonna come again in the next few years!!

DEP:
Obama may be the first to order a hit on a specific American, but my father (a JAG officer) told me that there were a few US citizens in both the Wehrmacht and the Japanese army in WWII. Did FDR or the Uniform Code of Military Justice accord them due process? Maybe, vis-a-vis Al Quaeda et al., we should apply military rules of engagement, not civil judicial practice.

We call our 1776 conflict the "Revolutionary War".
In fact it was a civil war.

There are many countries in the World where uprising against a repressive government is all but impossible because the populations have been completely disarmed...North Korea, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, and China are typical examples.

For now, America is an exception.

Misters Petzal and Heavey exchanging emails (about anything!)... where's the link for the download?
Or do I have to ask the NSA for the transcript?

it's amazing how brainwashed extremist republicans and extremist liberals are! that is the problem with this country.

if you like to hunt and fish on wild, pristine public lands like me then you are pretty much screwed. extreme liberals want to take away guns and would love nothing more than to close off public lands to hunting and recreational shooting. extreme republicans see public lands as only good if they are plunged and raped for energy extraciton or for mining of materials. if it can't be mined then sell it to some rich guy!

problem is most of the people we are voting in are extremists

Bin Laden is the only guy I can recall who was condemned to death without trial. Hardly a citizen! We shoot rats, gophers, raccoons, and other vermin. That mass murderer scum bag doesn't even rate as vermin in my book. Anyway, people get killed in wars without a trial. That's usually the way they are conducted. And this is a "war on terrorism." Or so sayeth George W. Bush.

what happens when too many wolves populate an area? the food supply runs out and they eventually feed on each other! or sometimes a hunter has to come in to thin out the pack. either way this needs to happen before things get better.

Because the Republican led country is so much better. Thousands killed in unnecessary war, holier-then thou attitudes that led to limited research on stem cells, homophobic policy, a collapsed economy. Oh yeah, and no money wasted at all. Everything they spent on was perfect. No waste at all. Did you know that Iraq was actually free. Who knew?

You are viewing the world through a very limited point of view Mark-1. Get out and listen to other points of view. Start a discussion.