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Title: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Battle Monkey of Zardoz on April 22, 2010, 10:08:27 PM
Lessons from 1948

http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 22, 2010, 10:57:38 PM
From 6.30 to 7.00 is excellent.  Yes, we have a disproportionate share of the world's wealth.  And it is awesome.   =)
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Mabs2 on April 22, 2010, 11:10:42 PM
I've seen this cartoon a birrion times.  It's amazing, and pretty sad at the same time.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: taurusowner on April 22, 2010, 11:35:00 PM
Interesting how they left the 2A out of the list of freedoms near the beginning.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: kgbsquirrel on April 23, 2010, 01:36:14 AM
Interesting how they left the 2A out of the list of freedoms near the beginning.

From what I've read and the WW2/Korea era vets I've spoken with it seems that in that period the 2A was simply a given in every day life, despite the NFA being passed some 14 years before. It was only 3 years after the Second World War and a 15 year old could go into a hardware store, lay down 25 dollars for a surplus army rifle and walk out with it as soon as the cashier had finished the transaction. As one of these gentlemen related to me "there were barrels filled with 1903's and the like. After I bought it I slung it on my shoulder, got on the city bus with it and rode home. No one so much as batted an eye at it, it was normal." A different world indeed.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Mabs2 on April 23, 2010, 01:58:53 AM
From what I've read and the WW2/Korea era vets I've spoken with it seems that in that period the 2A was simply a given in every day life, despite the NFA being passed some 14 years before. It was only 3 years after the Second World War and a 15 year old could go into a hardware store, lay down 25 dollars for a surplus army rifle and walk out with it as soon as the cashier had finished the transaction. As one of these gentlemen related to me "there were barrels filled with 1903's and the like. After I bought it I slung it on my shoulder, got on the city bus with it and rode home. No one so much as batted an eye at it, it was normal." A different world indeed.
That's one of the things that makes me sad.  Not just because of what all is in the video, but what all the video reminds me of.
America is a lot different from what it was in those days.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: MicroBalrog on April 23, 2010, 12:14:40 PM
That's one of the things that makes me sad.  Not just because of what all is in the video, but what all the video reminds me of.
America is a lot different from what it was in those days.

Taxes are lower.

You can actually carry concealed weapons through most of the states.

You can own gold.

There is no military draft,  censorship and Jim Crow are dead.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Matthew Carberry on April 24, 2010, 03:20:53 AM
If you were white and/or not one of "those people" (and the cops/sheriff knew who "they" were) you could carry concealed most everywhere in the country without real hassle.

Equal treatment under the law and the move toward gun control had consequences for folks who were never bothered no matter the law on the books.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: MicroBalrog on April 24, 2010, 05:55:58 AM
If you were white and/or not one of "those people" (and the cops/sheriff knew who "they" were) you could carry concealed most everywhere in the country without real hassle.


Why, that makes everything better.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: S. Williamson on April 24, 2010, 05:58:19 AM
Why, that makes everything better.

(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_QXRm8WxqwVE%2FRZpTJaVhuNI%2FAAAAAAAAAAk%2FUyra562mS8M%2Fs320%2Fmissingthepoint.png&hash=5b1cb1b78f32098cea7dfa267583f4a5a86aa211)

 ;) :P
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 24, 2010, 08:45:04 AM
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_QXRm8WxqwVE%2FRZpTJaVhuNI%2FAAAAAAAAAAk%2FUyra562mS8M%2Fs320%2Fmissingthepoint.png&hash=5b1cb1b78f32098cea7dfa267583f4a5a86aa211)

 ;) :P


So beautiful.  :'(
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Mabs2 on April 24, 2010, 11:50:22 AM
Taxes are lower.

You can actually carry concealed weapons through most of the states.

You can own gold.

There is no military draft,  censorship and Jim Crow are dead.
Thanks.
Title: Re: Neat cartoon. Lessons from 1948
Post by: Sergeant Bob on April 24, 2010, 01:54:58 PM
Taxes are lower.

You can actually carry concealed weapons through most of the states.

You can own gold.

There is no military draft,  censorship and Jim Crow are dead.

There you go again, looking at the polished end of the turd!  :P =D