This comment was by Hank Vandenburgh on the post “A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog.“
Hank Vandenburgh said:
I’m a liberal in many ways, mainly economic (wanting to control corporations and their influence on government,) but, at the personal level, I’m a libertarian. I’m a six year Army vet (62-68,) and have guns. I don’t carry them because they’re mainly for home defense. I agree with BlacksmithSEAL.
Virtually everyone on our country lane is armed, and I think it’s a good thing. Hopefully, people who intend bad would think twice about venturing onto our properties, and I think this is fine. I think it’s less likely that people might need guns against the government than it is that they might need protection from outsiders if there were ever a civil breakdown. War? Weather? Who knows?
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Photo credit: Flickr / US Army Africa
About that photo:
My God, what terrible salutes. Their arms are all over the place, their eyes are all over the place, and their necks are going in every direction Is this what passes for crisp military protocol nowadays? Anybody can get a beret now?