Ladies and gentlemen, none of you know ME at all, other than by recent posts perhaps. I have to ask those with a certain bent, why in the world would you (presumably) feel free to whack ME if I came for your firearms and not stand just as ready to whack your sainted mother for the same offense? If the situation is intense and urgent enough to fire on anyone at all, then it is urgent enough to fire on ANYONE AT ALL.
Witness the Civil War; father killed son and was killed in turn by his brother. If not, we could all own slaves. If we decide to reject Spectre's attitude, we can all BE slaves.
Having said that, perhaps Spectre could have been less extreme and not as deliberately offensive to his brother by phrasing his feelings more along the line of "ANYBODY who comes for my guns is gonna eat a bullet, I don't even care who it is.", and left it at that.
For both the combatants here, 32 years with the bride has taught me that communication is the key to relationships, and likewise the saving grace after a monumental pissing contest. Hopefully the clarifications in this thread have got everybody thinking along the same lines insofar as the clear meaning of the 2nd Amendment, but beyond that ya'll might want to agree to disagree and not nuke your family. Personally, I see no threat made so long as Spectre's family did not have the intention of coming to disarm him.
And, last, somebody breaks down my door I ain't even gonna look to see uniforms, friends' faces, mothers, brothers, badges or anything else. Somebody shouts "POLICE" and I'm gonna reply "Yeah, right!" punctuated by explosions. I know police, they ain't gonna be the ones breaking down my door. Knocking has always worked fine.
Larry P.
