“You Have Already Been Found Guilty; Now we Must Look for the Evidence”

They say the Internet is forever. I have thought about this a lot. When you have a blog that amounts to more writing than a medium-sized dictionary, and when there are uninvited organizations that gather and store whatever you publish, there is zero hope of deleting your words and claiming you never wrote them. When twisted leftists rivaling Castro and Pol Pot run America, they will have a mountain of evidence to use against me when they purge society of deplorables and bitter clingers.

I’ve written a lot about firearms, and recently, I’ve written about my concern that the terrorists whose events are erupting like carbuncles all over America will one day show up on my farm to do me in, making it necessary that I either shoot them or accept martyrdom quickly.

“Red flag” laws are popular now. The idea is that if there is evidence a person is likely to commit violent crime, the state should drop in, take all of his firearms, and take whatever other action it finds appropriate. Have I red-flagged myself by writing about the possibility that I will have motivation to shoot people? Are you in the same boat? Have you posted things on the web that might tick the right boxes?

When the true kooks take over, the red-flag threshold will be very low. Owning a gun should do it. As of now, in a time when those in charge in my state are only mildly kooky, I believe you have to be a genuine, obvious head case to get in trouble. That’s probably more true in my county, where, my guess is, the sheriff himself would stand beside me and lay down fire from my front porch.

One of the things snowflakes look at when they determine whether a person is a dangerous nut is the number of firearms that person owns. They also look at ammunition. Anyone who has more than two guns or a hundred rounds has what is known as a “home arsenal.” The correct term for a big stockpile of arms and ammunition is “armory,” but never mind.

Snowflakes don’t know one type of gun from another. If they knew anything about guns, they wouldn’t be snowflakes. They think rifles and shotguns are the same things. They think semiautomatics are machine guns. A person who has 10 hunting weapons and one pistol for self-defense has a “home arsenal” as far as your average journalist is concerned.

Snowflakes don’t know the difference between a cache compiled in anticipation of conflict and a sporting weapons collection. They don’t know how many rounds a normal, law-abiding enthusiast might reasonably go through in a month. They can’t distinguish between stockpiles created by crackpots and ordinary reserves gathered by ordinary people who have nothing but good intentions.

Contrary to what snowflakes think, a box containing a thousand rounds of ammunition is not a cache. It’s enough for 10 normal range days, assuming you’re a frugal shooter. It’s completely reasonable, and for someone who likes to practice, it makes good economic sense to have 20 or 30 times that much. Every time you buy ammunition online (the cheapest way), you have to pay for shipping, and very often, the cost is the same whether you buy 1000 rounds or one round. You would have to be simple to buy small amounts. Also, America has a history of shortages now, so stocking up is just common sense. On top of that, it’s a good investment. If I had bought 1000 boxes of 9mm ammo at $8 per box last year, could sell it this year for $30 per box, and people would kiss my feet to get it.

Snowflakes can’t tell the difference between Fudds, 2A proponents who are firm but not aggressive, and Boogaloo, NFAC-style morons who pray for the day they can put on their plate carriers and shoot random citizens.

A Fudd, named for Elmer Fudd, is a left-of-center fake 2A proponent. Somehow, these people have gotten the idea that the Second Amendment has something to do with hunting. They think they should be allowed to have low-capacity rifles and shotguns for shooting animals, but they’re all for banning weapons that are actually useful for self-defense. Fudds are a problem because in their ignorance, they contaminate the true 2A community and drag everyone else down with them.

A sane 2A proponent understands that our Constitutional was written solely to allow citizens to own and carry military-style arms. Such a person objects to laws that infringe those rights, but he doesn’t sit around at night playing violent video games and wishing they were real.

Boogaloo-style nuts are mindless, hateful anarchists who are socially stunted and haven’t developed normal human characteristics like love, compassion, or a concern for fairness. They like firearms and firearms rights for the worst possible reasons, many are not conservative, and they probably represent less than 1% of the 2A crowd.

Snowflakes think anyone who has a lot of guns is a maniac waiting to snap. Well, maybe I should not do this, but I’ll be transparent. I have a fair number of guns, but when it comes to defensive weapons, the list is pretty short. I have a small number of defensive rifles and pistols. The other guns are for fun.

It’s true that my other guns COULD be used defensively, as could kitchen knives. I don’t think of them as tools of violence, though. I admit, I ordered myself a red dot scope just in case anyone ever needs to use my AR-15 to preserve human life or prevent a forcible felony, but I consider the AR-15 to be a poor choice for self-defense, and I bought it for pleasure. I have some revolvers, but revolvers are sorry choices for violent confrontations. They’re heavy, they take a long time to reload, they have low capacities, and they jam just like automatics.

Some people defend revolvers, but the truth is that a revolver is always a second choice. No informed person carries a revolver unless there is some reason why he can’t carry a semiautomatic.

So anyway, as HOME ARSENALS go, mine is pretty ordinary, except that I was smart enough to buy ammunition before things went crazy.

As for my intentions, you would have to be extremely determined and very persistent to get me to shoot at you, and you would almost certainly have to be in the process of invading my home. Do they red-flag people for threatening to process home invaders? Not yet. Not in Florida, I mean. Next year? Maybe.

I have never desired to join a militia, where I might have to take orders from a guy who works at Tractor Supply, and I am positive guerrilla warfare and civil war are not the answers to our problems.

I suppose I’m safe until the hard core wack jobs take over. May I be gone from the earth before that happens. I’m sure they would join me in that wish.

Maybe you’ve been cagey and kept your beliefs and capabilities off the web. Good for you. The rest of us will understand if you put on Biden hats and wave at us when they haul us away.