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Subject:	Re: Iraq (was Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:47:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:

Not to really be flippant--so gov’t officials aren’t allowed to own guns?

LOL. No they just are not considered part of the militia.

Is that true? I don’t dispute it, but I wasn’t aware of it. If it’s true, then what level of gov’t official is included?

Dave!

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		Re: Iraq (was Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap)
(...) Well I think it was more a tongue in cheek reply to a tongue in cheek question. It is based off of the statement by George Mason “I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.” I would say that is (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

		Re: Iraq (was Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap)
(...) In the main, the militia merely means an armed group of freepersons that are not otherwise playing some kind of official role or duty. I mean, a sheriff might call together a posse comitatus and work closely with one -- but he remains the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Iraq (was Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap)
(...) LOL. No they just are not considered part of the militia. (...) You do know that there are more Americans in formally declared militia groups than in the US Military right? (...) Yes but human nature has not. (...) I suppose we can both agree (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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