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Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
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Fri, 20 Sep 2002 02:00:29 GMT
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Let me say it again, but more concisely:
Only an armed population can fight back against a totalitarian regime.
The 2nd amendment is meant to allow the population to be armed for
just this reason.
Yes, if democracy failed and a totalitarian regime took over, gun
control would be put in place. But until that point, having it be
legal means more people would own guns. That's a good thing if your
government has declared martial (not marshall, BTW) law, suspended
elections, etc. and there is no recourse left for the people other
than armed rebellion.
I don't think that's going to happen in the USA anytime soon, but it
has happened in a lot of other places, so don't think it never can.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) And in a fledging new democratic country, I can see why you would need that kind of ammendment. However, 1776 was a very long time ago. It's 2002. Your country has grown up into democracy and found out that--well looky that--it works without (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) If the US gov't were to break down, laws are irrelevant, and we're back to... who said it, Lock, Hobbes? can't remember polisci 101 (such a long time ago)...'natural law' or, as I like to think of it, 'He who has the biggest stick, rules' The (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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