Fossil fuels...

[mcantar18c]

... are not running out anytime soon. In addition to the shitload of oil we're sitting on top of here in the US and not using (20+ years worth at current consumption rates, I have links for this somewhere... and this is excluding the SPR), it turns out there's enough nat gas in (under?) country to last us a few centuries and even eliminate our dependence on foreign oil.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/w...d_fossil_fuels

[Sharpienads]

Yeah, now if only we didn't have an oppressive government that won't let us tap those resources we'd be set.

[BREATHER]

I don't know about this issue being oppressive, but I beleive they're trying to save "our" fossil fuel until the other sources dry up... Which is pretty fuckin stupid, because if we get to that point we got more trouble than we need..

[streetglideok]

Yeah, down the road, if we and canada are the last hold outs for oil, and gas, you can expect interference from outside our country, well, kind of like Iraq!

[Bailey Guns]

Uhhh...no. Not like Iraq at all.

[Sharpienads]

I don't know about this issue being oppressive, but I beleive they're trying to save "our" fossil fuel until the other sources dry up... Which is pretty fuckin stupid, because if we get to that point we got more trouble than we need..

I would definately call it oppressive. The EPA has blocked an oil pipeline from Canada to the US, the government has tried to stop drilling in the gulf, the government is trying to take away Exxon's lease after a big find in the Gulf... all while pushing a worthless "green" agenda.

[Scanker19]

Uhhh...no. Not like Iraq at all.

Our insurgents would be better marksmen.......

[mcantar18c]

Our insurgents would be better marksmen.......

Only a small portion would actually hit their targets, most who do are likely to be prior military. Its a psychological thing.
I agree about the gov't being oppressive.

[mcantar18c]

To expand on that last comment... only about 15-20% would be emotionally capable of actually taking a life, and those who do are mostly individuals who have killed before, and most of those would be ones who have killed in a military capacity since while your a hardcore gangbanger might have more experience fighting an urban guerilla war as a guerilla fighter, he probably won't have the motivation or resolve to fight an insurgent war against an invader.

[Graves]

Put a man's back against the wall and you'll be surprised what he's ready to do. The majority of gun owners can infact hit targets without prior .mil training. Those who've killed on a .mil capacity started somewhere...just sayin.

I've been out to the range with several of my friends who've seen combat and I was surprised how many of them shot worse than my wife (to their credit, she's a pretty good shot).