But that's exactly what it says, you have a right to carry and cannot be infringed! People need to start reading the dictionary just like *democracy, it simply means "process" and the process needs infringing... lol
Only Nazis would want everyone to have to be armed in a country with basically no gun laws. Something tells me that you know more German than most English-speaking people. 😘
It's only an issue in the United States. It is a complete non issue in the rest of the developed world. But that's okay you guys are right and the rest of the world is wrong.
I have a concealed carry license and I own 1 hand gun, 1 rifle and 1 shot gun. My son was a felon and my mom expunged his record and he killed me with a shot gun
@@Phah-Queue Sad fact is, the average American doesn’t give ½ a shit about statistics, but from 1994-2004, when federal gun control actually waa q thing here in the U.S., that decade saw a 70% reduction in violent crime across the country. Coincidence? I think not.
Supreme Court ruling 2022, direct quote: "The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.” The exercise of other constitutional rights does not require individuals to demonstrate to government officers some special need. "The Second Amendment right to carry arms in public for self-defense is no different. New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public." Archie was 100% RIGHT... and Meatball's NEVER been right in his life.
Ryan Taylor, Just because the bought & paid for extreme court helps you feel like a he-man, does not mean that you are right. Have ALL Supreme Court decisions been good for all of us? You might not think Dread Scott was a good idea, unless you are White. You might not think so if you were a tax-paying Japanese-American Citizen who lost your means of support & home, only to have yourself and your family consigned to a horse stable or prison camp. "A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA BEING NECCESARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." A strict "originalist" interpretation of the (by definition potentially revised) Second Amendment, means that as long as you are a White, male head of household, you are entitled to a muzzle loader over every fireplace in your home, so help you God. Why are you so insecure (or obnoxious) that you always feel someone is going to kill you unless you are constantly armed?
@@johnwilliams1223, "Archie is always right"? That kind of nonsense is just like saying, "Popeye is always right." Archie Bunker is a FICTITIONAL character. HE NEVER EXISTED! Norman Lear produced All In the Family to graphically illustrate the absurdity of REACTIONARY (which today's children have adopted as conservative) "logic" carried to its ultimate extreme. Why don't you go back to your 7th grade video games instead of insisting that a FICTIONAL 70s right-wing TV character "was right" because YOU THINK he reflects your faux"news", not-so-brightbart, RTV, "news"max brainwashing.
@Forty Six - I love that you think you know what a typical liberal is. I guess I can make a ridiculous claim too. A typical conservative is a uneducated racist. The difference is, I know I am making a ridiculous generalization and you don't.
It would have been great if Lionel said if my people were allowed to have a gun then maybe they wouldn't have been enslaved cause they could have fought their enslavers.
This episide is loaded with great lines, but the best undoubtedly is, "Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed out of windows?" Shoots a lethal hole into the whole gun control argument.
The funny thing is Norman Lear was a leftist and created Archie to be the "villian/bad guy" in the series. But he ended up being the most relatable and the most loved character in the show. 😂
He didn't create him to be the villain. He wrote him to be the average white male. Archie didn't just hate blacks,he hated, italians, polish,jews,gays,young people,and even white christians who diagreed with him... basically he hated everyone who he diagreed with no matter what race, color,creed. Archie Bunker was prejudiced against everyone,white,black, asian,latino. That's why as a black man I couldn't hate archie Bunker or even dislike him he was the most honest,real, character on television. I understood why Lionel liked him.
@@rickmassey1272 Obviously you never watched the show. He was all bark. At the end of the day he was a kind man. Lear described the Archie character as an old school guy adjusting to a changing world. Remember him doing the Bat Mitzva for his adopted niece? Sorry to ruin your narrative. Archie was far more tolerant than your average Leftist today.
Relatable and reliable commonsense. I wonder if Norman Lear acknowledged that Americans with guns turned the tide of WWII even give thier lives, so that Jews like himself, and Shmuck Screwer can be free without having to look over their shoulder... A land where Jews have been successful due to the individual sovereign freedoms only attainable in the US. Many Jews are not out right leftists. Bibi is no leftwinger. Israel's Gov is predicated on common man law.
I perceived Archie as an unintelligent, ignorant bigot. I remember thinking that bigots would probably not like watching AITF because Archie's part was clearly written to make bigots look as bad as possible. But perhaps bigots DID like the show because they perceived Archie as the good guy and Michael as the bad guy.
same way Republican Supreme Court justices say "eminent domain" is totally legal, so long as the government "Fairly compensates". edit: when I posted this I used "grab oil in Iraq after declaring WMDs" but, every year some Sgt Schultz says "I wuz dere, I saw natzing!" So, allow me to save you some time. if you actually served your country in the sandbox, you do know that in fact, you are only told what you need to know. Perhaps you learned this on a FOB, when some sector was off-limits due to some TF TADing up da joint. Maybe you asked a question about something funky going on outside your AO and you got warned, "that's above your pay grade, son!". Hell, even your own CINC is not told everything--its called "plausable deniability". I used to work with a Vietnam vet who SWORE drug use during that "police action" was nothing like portrayed in the movies. All the draft vets laughed at him, knowing full well how much battle hash they tried. BUT, we figured out why he said what he said--he was a volunteer Jarhead who left in 1969. In other words....his experience was correct. But it sure as hell didn't reflect what was going on. Ever hear the story of the three blind men who find an elephant in their way? They can't see the big picture, so they can only identify the problem by what they can touch.
@@albertgaspar627 grab oil? They don't have enough oil to cover the lives lost riding them of Sadam Barry Hussain and ISSI. AND they didn't lase 1 barrel of oil. Suggesting that we took anything from them is ridiculous. They didn't pay us anything. That is pure communism. Get back in the car and hold my hat Jr.
Right or wrong, left or right - you cannot deny that the writing on this show was phenomenal, skillfully touching on controversial subjects that affect everyone. I remember watching this show when I was growing up - laughing at even that young age, at the antics of everyone. Watching it now, and comparing it to the writing in what passes for tv/movies these days - you can truly appreciate the skill and genius of the writers at that time.
It was originally supposed to be just a foil for Hollywood left wing propaganda, making the conservative into a clown. But Carol O'Conner made the character so likable that the audience dug through the foolish dialog to his true meaning. Basically, it backfired on Hollywood... much like the Alex P Keating character on Family Ties.
@@TodaysDante Clever theory, but full of canal water. Nobody ever needed to train conservatives to be clowns. They've always done a fine job on their own (look at our ex-president). What the writers of AITF did was pan it so the whole world could see what great entertainers clown conservatives are. Archie was not loved, he was despised for his narrow-minded, bigoted, hateful attitudes toward society. His ideology was so aberrant, it was laughable, much the same way Donald Trump's simple mind today is so laughable because it's never in sync with his limited vocabulary.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 - Not a theory. Do you think for a minute that Hollywood was any different back then than it is today? People ended up siding with the conservative and Hollywood hated it. Why do you think youtube stopped any dislikes? Because the left wing crap kept getting 90% dislikes. Go ahead, call THAT a theory, too.
There has not been a sit-com in the last fifty years to even come close to this one. Nor will there ever be. The reality, plus the fact you can get a laugh and learn very valuable lessons at the same time. In a class of its own.
That's because we literally have been stagnant, honestly since the end of the 50's we havent moved an inch. That's why its the same old tired arguments
@@wrigleyville Norman Lear is an absolute comical sitcom genius. He went into unchartered water with all in the family. No TV writer and producer had ever dared to make fun of the American racist. Norman Lear showed with brilliant comedy what an absolute imbecile the American racist is. At the same time Archie had that teddy bear side of his character that didn't ever mean any harm. Norman Lear is almost 100 years old now and I watch his podcast all the time. I'm just glad that as a kid growing up in the mid to late 80's my dad subjected me to reruns of that brilliant masterpiece of a TV sitcom.
It wouldn’t hold up if we were able to enact and enforce stricter gun control laws. The only reason it’s still relevant is because idiots like Archie refuse to change
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” - James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789
I agree wholeheartedly. A well regulated Militia being necessary to a free State, The Right of "The People" to keep and bear Arms, shall NOT be infringed. The first Clause does not in anyway nullify the second clause, since The People are The Militia, hence why The People need to be Armed, so They can serve in The Militia.
@@bigverybadtom no actually,it's not. The militia is the citizenry,civilians....and no,the national Guard is not a true militia,they are under control of the U.S.Government,the very individuals for who the 2nd amendment is intended to curtail in the event of overreach or tyranny.....the right of the PEOPLE,Shall not be infringed
Meathead is ignoring that the militia was "the people." The militia, "the people," were the main military force of the United States when the Constitution was written and adopted. And regardless we now have a large standing military and the National Guard the amendment still stands for "the people."
Northern It's here and being watched, but the people who might learn the most from it are misinterpreting what they're seeing. They think Archie's the older, wiser one with all the right answers, while Mike is the younger one with all the confusion and misinformation!
Yep, little did we know that the woke, Marxist Left would cause this country the problems that they have. Even as a kid though, I knew Archie was usually right, no matter how they attempted to portray him/conservatives. So, I guess I was ahead of the times also.
@@HMMELD Yes, and that unabated gun proliferation can be traced back to the NRA’s “Revolt in Cincinnati” in 1977, which was 5 years after this episode of All in the Family aired. From that time on, the NRA, which had been an organization for responsible marksmen, has devoted its efforts and funds to thwarting gun control legislation. The views of Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner) were considered mainstream in 1972, and Archie was just plain nuts.
@@vinista256 The USA has had very strong gun control laws for decades. Needless to say they have completely failed to stop gun violence at all. Don't scapegoat the NRA.
"What the Supreme Court says ain't got nothin' to do with the law." Classic Archie line. I remember the show really well from when it first aired. Too bad that I was too young at the time to appreciate it.
Did anyone EVEN REALIZE that the newscaster giving the editorial was none other than the GREAT SORREL BOOKE! BOSS HOGG from the Dukes Of Hazzard! How cool!
zachary Be careful how you love him. Either you love his acting skills and character portrayal, or you love his bigoted, racist remarks! You can't love both.
@@snipervision1 You clearly live in a fairytale world, where no one who could legally acquire a gun would ever misuse it. Get off the internet once in awhile.
The Supreme Court has sided with him also. "Well regulated" in the language of 1788 meant well equipped and effective. It didn't have the meaning it has today--lots of rules and red tape.
@@charlesvan13 the part about the right to bear arms and the part about a militia are also separated by a comma as well because they are different matters put together because they are related by a common purpose. the right way to read/interpret it is that the people have the right to bear arms and to have a well regulated militia
@@jessesimmons4503 in the 1700's a militia was basically a military force of peasants either drafted or by a voluntary basis to deal with emergencies so yeah obviously...technically the united states is all common people we don't have nobility on a side note 99% of soldiers in every countries military forces are common people since those in power almost never join the fight
If wouldn't survive the first episode, as mobs of shrieking libs would demand immediate action and have it cancelled. Can't have any portrayals of right wing thinking on modern television, even if both sides are presented like we see here.
I watch him every night. My daughter had every season shipped to me. I was so excited and still am. Simple but speaks his mind. Weird how all this stuff is repeating. Guess history repeats itself for sure RIP Carrol O Connor and Jean Stapleton. Priceless.
i’m 21 and have such good memories of watching this show with my grandparents. you can definitely tell that this sitcom was like THE blueprint for many sitcoms
Oddly enough, Til Death Do Us Part must get the credit as the blueprint for the modern SitCom. Then watch some Man About the House (Three's Company) and after that, get your hands on Steptoe and Son which launched the career of Redd Foxx
I'm 52 and remember watching it with my grandparents. How does someone whos 21 remember watching it with their grandparents?? You werent even born yet, you were still swinging in the sack! 😂🤣
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason (co-authored second amendment)
Here is the entire quote by Mason. “I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor; but they may be confined to the lower and middle classes of the people, granting exclusion to the higher classes of the people.” “Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia. […] This was a most iniquitous project. Why should we not provide against the danger of having our militia, our real and natural armed strength, destroyed? The general government ought, at the same time, to have some such power. But we need not give them power to abolish our militia. If they neglect to arm them, and prescribe proper discipline, they will be of no use. I am not acquainted with the military profession. I beg to be excused for any errors I may commit with respect to it. But I stand on the general principles of freedom, whereon I dare to meet any one. I wish that, in case the general government should neglect to arm and discipline the militia, there should be an express declaration that the state governments might arm and discipline them. With this single exception, I would agree to this part, as I am conscious the government ought to have the power.” Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 14, 1788
what happens when you can not steal any more land though?.. now you have to be accountable... besides.. you use made in Japan that is losing a total race war when you use Asian customs..
Source? Madison didn't have co-authors on the bill of rights. In fact, the current text was a truncated version by Congress making it confusing in modern times. Source, "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" by Lynne Cheney. Original text by Madison that makes his intent clear: "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." Quit making up history.
far and away the greatest sitcom ever. you'll never see such a combination of intelligence and humor in a show ever again, regardless of your beliefs. instead of avoiding sensitive topics, they took them head on.
It's true, each of us sees what we agree & disagree with presented in strong terms. I do wish someone would try making a controversial, dialog-based sitcom today.
@@davidmarshall7752 They won't try, because they'd be canceled in 5 seconds as soon as the lunatic fringe complained about it hurting someone's feelings.
@@spaceclown7650 Not if it was on HBO or someone willing to air a show *all kinds of people would watch* , if only for the controversy. We're talking big ratings. Money talks.
It was definitely ahead of its time..episodes included rape, breast cancer, unemployment, white flight, anti semitism, womens rights, hate crimes, abortion, swingers, menopause, pms…it goes on and on.
The second amendment Is saying that the American people have the right to keep and bear arms which shall not be infringed upon period. And the purpose of the 2nd amendment is so that, if necessary, the American people can form a militia in order to keep a state free from tyranny, both foreign or domestic. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State. From what you ask? from tyranny, both domestic and foreign, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
@Michael Rich Well, what if the .Gov was acting treasonous - like allowing millions of illegals to flood the country, OR, like knowingly and wantonly NOT look into crimes committed by Democrats, like Hillary's breach of security with the computers - etc, YOU or I would go to jail. Our Government is Treasonous and must be held to account - clearly the Ballot Box got taken off the list as a restorative measure.
@Michael Rich I bet you think the South were treasonous then? Even though Davis and the Southern Generals were not tried for treason because the fear was that in a court of law it would be found that succeeding was actually legal. The government then changed The Republic of these United States to The United States, removed all Southern congressmen and had them replaced, and basically moved an occupying force south.
@Michael Rich you gotta be some kind of stupid. The 2A is there to take up arms against a tyrannical government. I take it either you quit school at 5 or you have a masters. Educated moron who doesn’t know shit about the English language or history.
It was a much better country when parents were married and a forklift operator could pay all of the bills. Register and vote in every election. Support your county sheriff.
I know what you mean ! And being Black we laughed like crazy at ALL of the jokes ! They said when they did this stuff in 1970, it was so hard core that they were waiting for the Hate Mail about the R@cism.... but it never came ! Everybody was too busy Laughing to complain ! But it would be great to go back to the 70s.... Everybody was Young.... and EVERYBODY was still alive ! Uncles, Aunts, Parents, Grand Parents..... the passage of time sucks !
Edith especially. Edith was usually the only one actually trying to do the right thing, despite being called a dingbat all the time. The other three were too busy pushing their own personal political beliefs and their own agendas.
No it wasn't. Many of Archie's position were defensible, but he always expressed them with the dumbest arguments and made those who held them appear ignorant, just as Normal Lear intended.
Word. Anybody notice all those people getting shot at during them years was liberals,Martin Lester King and all of 'em? 'Cept George Walters, Mr. Racist HIMSELF; surprised Mike would defend him. Dose were de Days.
@@jakejones5736 well the government tells me I can't own a nuclear warhead and an ICBM so I suppose that means I need to run out and build one real quick. I mean if we're allowed to own weapons capable of taking on the US army then to hell with an AR-15 I want tactical nukes.
You don't have a clue do you? Donald fire your bullets at a gun range and don't speak of gun control. Show me gun control in America. After all the mass shootings what? Less bullets per magazine? Automatic weapons (can't recall) but it boiled down to nothing. There is no need for guns whatsoever but America is stuck with the reality of violence and tragic deaths. You can't defend it, make jokes like Archie, or anything because it is indefensible.
@John Soboleski O'Connor may have been a liberal, but he failed to prove that conservatives are fools and liberals are smart. It turned out that Meathead was wrong on a lot of things.
Every now and then I come back to this video, and it's still just as hilarious as it was the first time. The ending with Meathead and Archie is hysterical.
And as right-wing Justice Antonin Scalia said, no right is without limitations and the government has the legitimate constitutional authority to place limitations on gun ownership and use.
@@Cryptonymicus There are limitations on gun ownership and use. The problem isn't with people who believe there should be limitations on gun ownership and use, since any reasonable person would agree that everything needs to have limitations within reason. The problem is with people who believe private citizens shouldn't have the right to own guns at all, even though some of these people own guns themselves and they don't deny it.
And what was those limitations? You know that right wing justice Scalia referred too? Cause if you asked the right wing founders such as Madison who actually wrote he believed a person had the right to the same arms as the military. I know muskets,probably gonna say something dumb like muskets. Well if you was dumb enough to get ready to reply that. Stop ill save you from looking really stupid. Cause they had a lot more firepower than muskets such as cannons that fired bombs,grenades,mines,rockets,repeating rifles,volley guns able to shoot up to rounds at once,Puckett guns,and more at the time of the writing of the 2nd amendment. In 1791.
@@cstuartdc Im not a leftist really but im anti prohibition in all its forms because it doesnt work full on I want to be able to buy a gun and then walk down the street and buy a gram of shrooms to enjoy after ive gone home from the range. Anyway go and look up what Marx himself said about gun control and youll feel better about not being comfortable with it.
@@cstuartdc So the group that you refer to as “fascists” own the overwhelmingly majority of guns, yet as a group they have done NOTHING to harm anyone. Conversely, the “antifa” and BLM groups are burning down neighborhoods. Any talk of civil war from conservatives is only a response to you fuckers and all YOUR violence. All the lefts violence coupled with all the talk of conservatives being Nazis and you’ve got the balls to make that bullshit statement? Please give me just ONE real provable example of a right wing power grab! While I wait for your response, I’ll remind you that infringements of the bills of rights (also known as power grabs) come from the left constantly. IE gun confiscation and speech suppression!
@@retroguy9494 still could’ve died from cuts received from the glass. Or they could’ve fallen and broken their necks. Or hit the temple on the side of their head and died that way.
@@chuckfinley6747 Broken their necks from falling out the window on the ground floor? And that would have to be some pretty sharp glass to to bleed to death from cuts from breaking the window.
@@retroguy9494 people have tripped over something walking and broken their necks before. It is all in how they fall. As far as the bleeding to death, it depends on the glass. Plate glass is extremely sharp. I watched my step brother fall into a window with plate glass and it cut him deep up both of his arms. He required a blood transfusion and over 40 stitches to stop the bleeding. If we hadn’t have wrapped his arms in a towel he would’ve died on the way to the hospital. And it was a singles story house.
Imagine how shocked young people would be to learn that Archie represents the typical “blue dog Democrat” of that time and meathead represents the “progressive” views that would have taken over the party.
@@LifewithJimmy I'm in favor of common sense gun laws. There's no "taking away everybody's guns." But there's no reason people should be packing weapons that can kill 100 people in under a minute, either. COMMON SENSE.
@@johnmavroudis2054 And yet pretty much every time there's a mass shooting, the place where it happened had those very common sense gun laws in place. Criminals laugh at common sense gun laws. And if by "education," you mean a certain amount of time in a classroom, that might not be a bad thing. Big Education has become less and less synonymous with education with every passing year. This is why we have so many adults with expensive degrees who don't even know the basic functions of their government. "Education" these days doesn't educate. It just repeats a collection of political OPINIONS and passes them off as fact.
@@joebish6629 That only shows your level of ignorance. A firearm is a weapon, but it is ONLY a weapon. So long as it is properly secured and maintained, it will not go off accidentally, therefore it requires some intelligence to fire it. I've never seen a rifle, handgun, shotgun or any other type of gun that can pull its own trigger.
People without guns cannot kill someone by using a gun. Do the math. The NRA states that your odds of needing a gun for self defense are, pay attention, essentially ZERO. Just owning a gun increases the odds of you or a family member being shot and/or killed by that gun by over 400%.
@@ellismarquez8410 Yeah, as his opinion of himself, and his ideologies grew, so did his beer-gut. My opinion of Rob Reiner, and his politics are pretty sub-basement.
Academy Reward was one. They wrote Archie as a blunder head, but there was truth mixed in there too. Taking the moral high road does not equal Justice or Sainthood. Like the Catholic Priests condemnation of LGBTQ ➕ yet buggering young Preteen Boys.
I wonder if they knew back in the 70s that the debates they had back then would still be going on 40 years later. Norman said he created these characters so that the people they represent could see themselves and see how ridiculous they sound. Rather than open eyes Archie became a hero. Kinda proving Normans point. The jokes write themselves.
What the Meathead doesn't know, and probably Rob Reiner too, is that a well regulated militia is not the military, but is made of up of private citizens. Citizens who own guns.
I love Edith, she's so nice. Reminds me of my mother in law. I loved that lady and I took care of her and her husband. Did the yard work, trimmed the bushes, and even bought her a nice large fish tank since she loved mine so much as well and bought the fish of her desire and maintained it. She was a doll.
Archie won this one ! A well regulated militia necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A militia is the people of a county , town, city, or rural community, and the rest is self explanatory.
@@hetmanjz Giving the government more power by saying that only the government (police) should be armed is not compatible with the purpose of the Bill of Rights, which is to LIMIT the power of government. And no wording in the 2nd amendment should be interpreted so as to infringe on an individuals, God given, right to self defense.
@@hetmanjz I will explain it to you, A militia is made of the People, regular citizens who want their rights to defend themselves and their areas. "Well- regulated" does not equate to "government run and controlled". I wont try to "explain it away", because I know the true History and Context. .
@@hetmanjz Jan, let me 'help' you here: The 2nd does not require people to be in a militia to have guns. It requires Congress to leave people's right to bear arms uninfringed, BECAUSE without that right of self-defense and protection the state cannot form a militia of the people, when it is required to do so. It would necessitate a standing, armed army, which Washington felt was a bad thing for a government to be in control of. For your understanding, at the time of writing all able bodied males of adulthood were considered a de facto militia. You do not need to separately belong to one...
The episode I'll always remember is when the kids were going to the commune for the weekend, and Archie says, "people who live in communes are commun-ists 😂😂😂 greetings to all from Australia..❤❤❤
I wasn't even born when this show ended, I just randomly started watching it around Dec because I was watching Sanford and Son reruns on GET TV or whatever and it comes on before. Since then I've watched this episode at least 3 times, I'm pretty sure I watched it within the last week. GOAT TV show, and anybody that disagrees is wrong, case closed! Archie Bunker is the most genius character in the history of television, these episodes get better each time you watch it and you catch something subtle you missed. So good, makes me miss an era I wasn't even around for....and "cancel culture" tried to get rid of it smh. S/O Get TV for still airing these shows, albeit with a disclaimer to appease those who lack common sense to understand what should be obvious.
Hey go to the list of Sanford and son episodes and watch the one titled...the dowry....it's hilarious....there's no way they'd make a show about this today...they're making hilarious jokes about people over weight...it's soooo funny.
Damn straight Archie was right. Meathead was also wrong about the militia part of it. There is is a well placed coma in there that separates that. Not to mention, seems like anyone in a militia will be targeted & set up by our tyrannical gov.
Carroll O'Connor was what drove this show. As further proof of his tremendous energy and talent, he was very much a liberal, and actually quite erudite and educated.
"A Government that is big enough to give you everything you want, is a Government big enough to take away everything you have." Power should always be wielded by armed Citizens, to keep the government "in- line" and cautious enough to fear the taking away of the citizen's rights. Politicians don't fear protests, they fear the possibility of armed- rebellion. All the best.
how true..."...laws of this nature are those which forbid to wear arms, disarming those only who are not disposed to commit the crime which the laws mean to prevent. Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes & Punishments, translated from the Italian (New York: Stephen Gould, 1809), 124-25.
@@1931to1998RIP I will have to check that essay out, thanks for recommending it to me. It seems the more they try to legislate human behavior and the freedom of citizens at large, the more crimes are committed, if not by gun, by knife or by running people over in a truck. When a society disarms its honest and law - abiding citizens, the only men with guns will be criminals with illegally made or stolen guns. Those who rely on the "authorities" or cops to protect their lives need to remember this: The cops are just minutes away, when seconds matter. I never want to see people be afraid of gun ownership until something violent happens to them, I would rather them know how to defend themselves instead of becoming victims of some loser criminal. Thanks for your response, God Bless and all the best to you E C.
@@RandyBertrand "you could never stand up to the US military with your little guns, they have bigger weapons, you and your guns don't stand a chance against them."... I'm paraphrasing... Go tell that to the Viet- Cong in the Vietnam war, or the Taliban. The Vietnamese faced the might of all the US military could throw at them, Tanks and fighter- bombers, agent orange, B- 52s, Arc- lite strikes, AC- 130 gunships, "Beehive" flechette artillery rounds, cluster bombs, BLU- 82 "Daisy cutter" 14,000Lb. bombs, you name it, and the Viet cong "won" because time was on their side. Guns are not a guarantee of victory over a govt., but it does leave the possibility of a population being pacified and occupied extremely unlikely in the long- term. The clock often decides victory, not superiority of weapons. The theory is that IF the Govt. was to open fire on peaceful citizens, the war will have already been lost by that government the moment the first shot is fired. This would assume a state of pre- existing civil unrest that would guarantee that whoever is in charge at the time will have already been overthrown and replaced. There is a damn good reason that unarmed, mass- civilian shootings like Tiananmen square '89 and Kent state 1970 do not happen often, because these massacres cause the only thing the Govt. fears, armed rebellion. All of these acts of crowd shooting are great motivators for more of the populace to rebel. When the citizens get together and exercise their rights it is a statement of autonomy, power and sovereignty that cannot be denied. That is what they all fear, free citizens with the ability to resist their rights being taken away. All the best
As the entire second amendment crowd were no-shows when an armed mob tried to forcefully overthrow our elected government. Save it phony. You have no idea what the 2nd is about.
