"American Sniper" Author Shot and Killed in Texas

[freds]

we don't question your sexual orientation or patriotism.

we question your sanity

i appreciate that.

[freds]

give me a SB prediction, J.


i'm always interested in your opinion.

[Gitfiddle]

Fred greeted the news of this hero getting killed with glee and ran here to start a thread about it so he could troll people into arguing about gun control. Fact.

[freds]

Fred greeted the news of this hero getting killed with glee and ran here to start a thread about it so he could troll people into arguing about gun control. Fact.

good for you. at least you're half right this time.

[freds]

"glee"

[Gitfiddle]

"glee"

He gets happy when you mention his favorite show.

Instead of an anonymous message board, do you think you have the balls to go to this guy's funeral and tell his SEAL buddies that he deserved to die because, hey, "you live by the sword..."

Answer: No, you do not.

[HeinousMark]

the right to "bear arms" does not mean to arm militarily.



unless you're a loon.

That is EXACTLY what it means. BTW, my memory is sketchy, but I'm pretty sure the American Revolution didn't really start with the Tea Party. It began when King George sent British troops to confiscate the weapons of the Americans. Yes, here we go:

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.^[9][10] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the enemy movement.
The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the King's troops. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the minutemen after a pitched battle in open territory.
More militiamen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Upon returning to Lexington, Smith's expedition was rescued by reinforcements under Brigadier General Hugh Percy. The combined force, now of about 1,700 men, marched back to Boston under heavy fire in a tactical withdrawal and eventually reached the safety of Charlestown. The accumulated militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his "Concord Hymn", described the first shot fired by the Patriots at the North Bridge as the "shot heard 'round the world."^[11]

[freds]

He gets happy when you mention his favorite show.

Instead of an anonymous message board, do you think you have the balls to go to this guy's funeral and tell his SEAL buddies that he deserved to die because, hey, "you live by the sword..."

Answer: No, you do not.

check your blood pressure.

[freds]

That is EXACTLY what it means. BTW, my memory is sketchy, but I'm pretty sure the American Revolution didn't really start with the Tea Party. It began when King George sent British troops to confiscate the weapons of the Americans. Yes, here we go:

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.^[9][10] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the enemy movement.
The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the King's troops. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the minutemen after a pitched battle in open territory.
More militiamen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Upon returning to Lexington, Smith's expedition was rescued by reinforcements under Brigadier General Hugh Percy. The combined force, now of about 1,700 men, marched back to Boston under heavy fire in a tactical withdrawal and eventually reached the safety of Charlestown. The accumulated militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his "Concord Hymn", described the first shot fired by the Patriots at the North Bridge as the "shot heard 'round the world."^[11]

we have a "well armed militia" now.


see "Pentagon."

[LonghornJ]

give me a SB prediction, J.


i'm always interested in your opinion.

I predict being absolutely fucking baffled by Joe Flacco winning a Super Bowl in the same season I drafted him with a 5th round pick and he did absolutely SHIT during the regular season for fantasy football purposes.

[LonghornJ]

we have a "well armed militia" now.


see "Pentagon."

History will show that is exactly what you need to protect yourself against.

[freds]

History will show that is exactly what you need to protect yourself against.

people in this thread were just attacking me for "using" one of the Pentagon's heroes.


confusing, no?

[Gitfiddle]

"live by the sword..."

"Sorry kids. Your daddy deserved to get shot and killed because he decided to serve his country in the military."

[LonghornJ]

people in this thread were just attacking me for "using" one of the Pentagon's heroes.


confusing, no?

I'm not sure what your point is. Three and a half years ago a mother shot her son in the back of the head and then killed herself at a Florida shooting range. Where were your cries for gun control then?

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30109090/#.UQ6fcGfIzQs

That's why feathers get ruffled when you start pontificating about this shit... using recent tragedy to move a political chess piece against the founding doctrine of the entire country.

[HeinousMark]

we have a "well armed militia" now.


see "Pentagon."

Do you understand that England was "the government" and that the "militias" were just average people, not an official military force? I'm doubting that you do, or would admit it if you do. The Minutemen were quite honestly rebels who opposed the government, and in England's view, they were even terrorists. One thing I've noticed in most wars, one man's terrorist is another man's Freedom Fighter.

[Viddy Well]

Mr. Kyle was sued by the former governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, over a portion of the book that claims Mr. Kyle punched Mr. Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Mr. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.

Mr. Kyle had asked that Ventura’s claims of invasion of privacy and "unjust enrichment" be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.