XNavyNuke
12-08-2010, 11:49 AM
Do we still need the Second Amendment? (http://sundial.csun.edu/2010/12/do-we-still-need-the-second-amendment/)
Another good example of why university newspaper editors make bad policy makers. Journalism requires neither rigorous mathematics, geography, nor history backgrounds.
Even if a militia the size of Spartacus’ were armed to the teeth, without air support the U.S. military would mow them down like grass. That’s not to say people haven’t tried. In 1993, cult leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians exercised their Second Amendment right to fight back against the “tyrannical” government by murdering four ATF agents who were attempting to execute a search warrant of their ranch.
Oh, where to begin. Lets do the numbers first. Spartacus' army was about 60k and operated in an area of about 100 km2. For a modern comparison, the original Viet Minh was about 90k and operated in an area about 3x that of Spartacus, were under-equipped, and operated (some would say successfully) against modern western forces. As Operation Noble Eagle revealed, the U.S. no longer has the capacity to maintain CAP's over its own country for more than a couple of weeks. Those jet engines need maintenance and even with short, secure supply lines Noble Eagle was rapidly scaled back to provide nominal cover only to "key" cities. To maintain overseas air units, CAP coverage of U.S. skies, and CAS of a Spartacus-sized insurgency spread across the country, is an effort in futility. Branch Davidians, Ruby Ridge, etc. were not insurgencies against the U.S. no matter how this ignoramus chooses to rewrite history.
It’s time for the Second Amendment to go. It’s time to empower our states and communities to make decisions on this issue that are crucial to our security.
TSA would just love that!
XNN
Another good example of why university newspaper editors make bad policy makers. Journalism requires neither rigorous mathematics, geography, nor history backgrounds.
Even if a militia the size of Spartacus’ were armed to the teeth, without air support the U.S. military would mow them down like grass. That’s not to say people haven’t tried. In 1993, cult leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians exercised their Second Amendment right to fight back against the “tyrannical” government by murdering four ATF agents who were attempting to execute a search warrant of their ranch.
Oh, where to begin. Lets do the numbers first. Spartacus' army was about 60k and operated in an area of about 100 km2. For a modern comparison, the original Viet Minh was about 90k and operated in an area about 3x that of Spartacus, were under-equipped, and operated (some would say successfully) against modern western forces. As Operation Noble Eagle revealed, the U.S. no longer has the capacity to maintain CAP's over its own country for more than a couple of weeks. Those jet engines need maintenance and even with short, secure supply lines Noble Eagle was rapidly scaled back to provide nominal cover only to "key" cities. To maintain overseas air units, CAP coverage of U.S. skies, and CAS of a Spartacus-sized insurgency spread across the country, is an effort in futility. Branch Davidians, Ruby Ridge, etc. were not insurgencies against the U.S. no matter how this ignoramus chooses to rewrite history.
It’s time for the Second Amendment to go. It’s time to empower our states and communities to make decisions on this issue that are crucial to our security.
TSA would just love that!
XNN