So where then? Hunting and fishing are good in Alaska and I do both, not so good at farming. What would be your suggestion?

Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM

I don’t know where you are now, but I would suggest somewhere that you can get to on less than one tank of gas. Take into account the prevailing winds (think nuclear accident, etc.) and the lines of migration for the unprepared masses. There is good information on selecting a retreat at survivalblog.com. If you (like me) can’t afford to purchase suitable property right now, get a network of likeminded folks together and start making general plans. I have medical training, my neighbor is a machinist, my buddy up the road is LEO/Army, my pediatrician is on board, we have a gunsmith, etc…One of our group owns a cabin in the hills, but does not have the firepower or tools necessary to sustain a homestead long term. We’ll bring the tools and he will provide shelter, good trade, IMO.

It’s not always about the tools, knowledge goes a long way. Start acquiring books about medical care, gardening, canning/preserving, all the things that my grandparents did themselves. Start stockpiling dry goods. Put together a bug out bag (change of clothes, food and water for 3 days, first aid, ammo, etc) and carry it in your car in case you are prevented from returning home. Also comes in handy for non emergency situations such as getting soaked in a sudden rain storm, or stuck somewhere away from home because of snow…

In short, just get into a preparedness mindset and stay there.

I heard Carl Bogus specifically state that the Symposium would be ANTI gun rights, no “pro-gun” speakers or opinions allowed.

I also get a preview of “Arming America,” that fraudulent book written by Michael Bellesiles, that claimed that early America didn’t have or use guns based upon mostly made up “probate records.”

I also heard Bellesiles defame amateur historian Clayton Cramer. The irony is that it was Cramer that later prompted historian James Lindgren into beginning the deconstruction of the Bellesiles’ thesis, which resulted in his resignation from Emory University and revocation of his “Historian of the Year” award.

And I heard other personal attacks on pro-RKBA scholars, which is a pattern the left always uses to advance its agenda.

The money for this gun-hating “symposium” came from the Joyce Foundation. Obama was on the board of Directors and he supported the effort.

Any video ad purporting to claim the Obama supports the Second Amendment is an outright lie.

I have a feeling Greg in the first video is a union member boss.

la.rt.wngr on October 6, 2008 at 11:13 PM

FIFY

WOLVERINES!!!!

TugboatPhil on October 6, 2008 at 9:28 PM

Great movie.

Certainly, for one very important reason…they have our names. Tracking us down is less work.

uncivilized on October 6, 2008 at 8:43 PM

Names are a wonderful thing everyone ought to have a few ask an illegal….

if it comes down to it hand in half of them and hide the rest.

Gun confiscation?
The government can’t/won’t do anything about 20 million, unarmed illegal aliens in this country.
Do ya’ll really think the government can take guns from 40 million, legally armed, pi**ed-off citizens?

Nonsequitur on October 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM

Certainly, for one very important reason…they have our names. Tracking us down is less work.

One of the first things the banners will do is collect the sales records from licensed dealers. One of the next things they will do is find you, if you are in those records.

MikeA on October 6, 2008 at 4:15 PM

Oh, I DO hope they show up at my door…I’ll give ‘em my guns, all right. Bullets first.

I watched it twice because I figured there had to be some transition between second amendment rights and outsourcing jobs that I was just missing. What a bizarre ad.

Quisp on October 6, 2008 at 3:54 PM

I was thinking the same thing…also, Obama is running the same sort of ad on the radio, with some guy who used to play pro football and now runs some sort of shooter’s group. Once again, the abrupt shift from guns to outsourcing jobs. Weird.

As for disarming 40 million of us(there are actually more than 80 million of us), there are enough of us who, like me, will not comply with or stand for a confiscation of any kind. The confiscators will have to be willing to kill and accept the risk of being killed themselves to get any of mine.

Look at your rights and freedoms as what would be required to survive and be free as if there were no government. Governments come and go, but your rights live on. If you wish to survive government, you must protect with jealous resolve all the powers that come with your rights – especially with the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Without the power of those arms, you will perish with that government – or at its hand.

Woody

As for handy arms, I won’t go into what I have, but in my family is the owner of a semi-automatic 12 gauge shotgun shooting #2 or #3 buckshot (not birdshot). That is like sending 16- .30 caliber projos downrange at a time as fast as your finger can squeeze the trigger. And those da libs are worried about semi-automatic rifles! I have also found that wadcutters in a Blackhawk 357 revolver do awesome work.

Do ya’ll really think the government can take guns from 40 million, legally armed, pi**ed-off citizens?

Nonsequitur on October 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM

Yes, I do. Those 40 million pissed off citizens will go the same way the Aussies did if the penalties are strong enough for noncompliance. Sure, there would be some skirmishes along the way but armed citizens are no match for paramilitary law enforcement if it comes to that. The grabbers wouldn’t just rush into it headlong. It would be well planned out, legal(by their definition), and much better organized than any armed resistance movement. Wish it weren’t so, but history tells me otherwise.

SA

Joyce Foundation needs to be front and center for the NRA. Educate the public ASAP.

Kevin in Washington State on October 6, 2008 at 3:50 PM

The NRA spends a lot of money educating the public. Unfortunately, there are still those out there who don’t see the constitutional right to bear arms as pertaining to today’s firearms. My husband and I are well armed and intend to stay that way…no matter what. We are both lifetime members of the NRA. “From my cold dead hands.”

Can we check Greg West’s membership in the NRA? If he is a life member, then he needs to have his membership revoked and an IQ test administered. I’m a member of the NRA and I can’t believe that a supposed NRA life member would support this Marxist. Maybe his life membership was a gift.

flytier on October 6, 2008 at 3:52 PM

x1000

and just in time for CHRISTmas!….NOT!

just had to share.

Honestly considering the same.

Count to 10 on October 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM

Why wait?