wow—choice words from Larry Correia

Just saw this on Instapundit (edited), quoted from Larry Correia (a fantasy novelist and co-founder of the "Sad Puppies" movement who writes on gun-rights issues among other things):

A friend of mine posted about seeing this: “Where are all you gun owners now that the federal government and police are attacking citizens in the streets?? Now that the National Guard is out oppressing citizens? I thought this was the moment you’re waiting for? So why aren’t you out there fighting them with your guns? You’re nothing but a bunch of fucking cowards!”

My response was the GIF of Nelson Muntz going HA HA. :D

But I’ve seen this sentiment a lot too over the last few days, so please if you are so incredibly fucking dumb that you are actually wondering why America’s gun culture isn't commuting into the Democrat cities you have banned us from in order to get into gunfights with the National Guard on your behalf, allow me to elaborate.

Hypothetical Liberal “Ally” Who Lives in the Suburbs Which Aren’t On Fire: “Hey, gun owners! Here is some civil unrest! Why won’t you come and help us?”

Snort. Fuck off.

“Pussies! Why not?”

Well, every single gun nut in America has spent his entire adult life being continually mocked, insulted, and belittled by the left. You’ve done nothing but paint us as the bad guys.

In Hollywood, we’re always evil, stupid, violent, malicious, redneck, racist murderers. That’s so ingrained in the liberal religion that when “ally” Harvey Weinstein was trying to get out of being a sleazy rapist, his repentance consisted of promising to make more movies about how the NRA is bad.

In the news, everything is always our fault. If there is a mass murder, we can always count on the vultures to swoop in and blame America’s gun culture. They flog it for weeks on end, 24/7 coverage, hoping for gun control. And if the identity of the shooter doesn’t fit the narrative, it drops off the news in mere hours.

And then at the local, state, and federal level, legally speaking, the left fucks us at every opportunity. You ban everything you can get away with. You ban things that literally make no sense. You ban shit just out of spite.

When we fight back against gun control laws, you declare we are stupid because only the police should have guns. (Hey, aren’t those the guys you are protesting right now?)

“Stupid, racist rednecks! We live in a civilized society! Don’t you realize the police will protect us?” until when your Democrat cities are on fire, and you call 911, and the operator tells you sorry, the police can’t come to your house right now, please try not to get murdered... How is that strict gun control working out for you?

Then you did everything in your power to chase gun owners out of your sainted liberal strongholds. You passed laws. You banned everything we like. Forced all the shooting ranges to close. Forced most of the gun stores to close. And just generally let us know that our kind is not welcome there.

But now that you’ve started some shit, YOU want US to go into Democrat cities, with Democrat mayors, and Democrat police chiefs enforcing Democrat policies that cause strife among Democrats... in order to get into gunfights on your behalf?

How fucking gullible do you think we are?

Because we all know that literally 30 seconds after a gun nut blows away a government employee on your behalf, all the national media coverage of the riots will instantly cease (sorta like the coronavirus coverage did), and the news will be breathlessly reporting about right-wing extremist gun nuts, and all you useless fucks will go back to whining for more dumbass gun control.

You’ve already thrown the black community under the bus, cheering as their neighborhoods get burned while yours are safe. Seriously, white liberals are the shittiest “allies” in history, and your moral foundation has the consistency of Play-Doh. Your moral compass is a wind sock.

Just a little while ago, gun nuts had a massive peaceful protest in Virginia. Tens of thousands of people turned out to protest gun-control proposals from a Democrat with a penchant for wearing blackface (he still considers himself an “ally” though!). They didn’t break any windows. They didn’t kill any puppies. They didn’t burn any horses. They didn’t flip any police cars or murder any security guards. They were downright boring. They were polite, and even cleaned up their litter.

Except then you called them domestic terrorists, and you were super sad that they didn’t get massacred by the government (said government you are now mad at for killing people, because again, you fuckers ain’t exactly consistent).

Liberal “allies” are quick to call gun nuts the bad guys, but we’re not trying to disarm people. We want everybody to be able to defend themselves. It’s a common thing to see some meme on the internet, showing a black family shooting or posing with their guns, with some caption like “bet this offends the NRA,” but that's liberal projection because, in reality, in my social circles, everybody is like, “fuck yeah, good for them.” And the harshest complaints I’ve seen have been about trigger-finger discipline or lack of eye protection.

My side isn’t the one that wants the state to have a monopoly on force. We know the 2nd Amendment is for everybody, regardless of skin color or where you live. You fuckers are the ones who keep declaring we can’t fight the government with AR-15s because they have tanks and nukes, but then you bumbling fuckheads try fighting the government by throwing rocks?

So not only no, but hell, no.

My own response to the question "Where are all you gun owners now that the federal government and police are attacking citizens in the streets? Now that the National Guard is out oppressing citizens?" would be: the accusations that the authorities are "attacking citizens in the streets" and are "out oppressing citizens" are lies. You make it sound as if we're dealing with a bunch of helpless victims when nothing could be further from the truth. If I were a gun owner, I would probably help the authorities by pacifying rioter brains with my own supply of tablets of the 300-grain Magnum or ACP variety. If this were a case of the government clamping down on citizen freedoms (which it's arguably already done, thanks to the pandemic—but at the state level, not the federal level), I'd be out there fighting the authorities. But that's not what's happening. When it's the citizens themselves who threaten the social order, then as sad as I am to say it, I'd stand against my fellow citizens.

I've repeatedly warned that, if there is indeed a violent civil war between the left and the right, the side with the guns will win. The argument that the government is far better-armed than the citizens is neutralized by the fact that most military officers vote overwhelmingly GOP/conservative: they'd most likely join the armed citizens in finally getting rid of the rock-throwing, property-destroying liberals who have no respect for authority or for human life. Beware of waking that sleeping giant, rioters, because once it's awake, its sole mission in life will be to unleash hell upon you. I don't look forward to that day, but if you keep pushing matters, there will be a massive, bloody reckoning.