I also back PlayboyPenguin 100%. I think that the poster who calls himself "Steelcore" is engaging in threatening and seditious behavior and it's posters like that which cause me to steer clear of many other gun forums. I only want to associate with good Americans and not psychos or future Tim McVeighs who delude themselves into thinking that they are the victim of some massive government conspiracy because they and only they actually understand the Bill of Rights.
I'm not the ONLY one who understands the Bill of Rights, but I most certainly DO understand it.
And there's no "government conspiracy" in regards to stealing our rights; there's no need for one. Why would the government need to conspire when the overwhelming majority of Americans are eager to obey the slightest nod of their masters?
Fact is, I know several BATFE agents and I'd much rather associate any of them than you--and I've never even met you--because they're doing their part to take down criminals and risking their lives for the safety of the rest of us while you're just spewing bile on the internet.
Yes, I feel so much safer now that this family man Olofson doesn't have a burst setting on his AR-15 (if he even had that).
I am not the least bit afraid of people who have unregistered NFA weapons. They are no more of a danger to me than some gangbanger with a .38 revolver, and probably less so. It isn't the weapon that makes a murderer or a psychopath, it's the person who holds the weapon.
Steelcore, I also suggest that if you want to be a macho man and run around with machine guns, you do as many of us have done and enlist. Then you wouldn't have to try to talk the talk the internet--you could actually walk the walk. And maybe a few years of actually giving something back to this great country alongside some real patriotic men and women would change your point of view.
There's nothing "macho" about running around with machine guns. Being a real man, in my view, is about nothing more than thinking for yourself and standing up for what you believe in. Your views may differ, but those are mine.
And why the hell would I want to join the military now (even if I were young enough)? It's not being used to defend America (except via the deterrent to foreign aggression presented by our nukes, air power, etc.), and it sure as hell isn't being used to "defend freedom." Those unfortunate souls are being taken advantage of in order to redraw the Middle East to neocon/Israel-firster specifications. (Read some PNAC papers from the 90s if you doubt that.)
The real enemies of our freedom -- in fact, the ONLY enemies of our freedom -- are those who write, enforce, and support laws that place the government and its enforcers on a pedestal above the rest of the population.
As far as talking the talk versus walking the walk -- well, I have little doubt that one day there will be widespread gun confiscations in America, with the military probably participating (just like after Katrina) if there is any disobedience. When that day comes, we'll see which people man up and which people surrender.