Subject:
|
Re: Foundation of a republic (was Gun control)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:28:46 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
988 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
>
> > > The only reason the 2nd might be ineffective against government
> > > firepower is that we have allowed the government to overly restrict the
> > > weapons an individual may possess. At this point, we better darn well
> > > hope that if the government goes on a rampage, that enough of the
> > > military don't agree that we gain some comparable firepower.
> >
> > Realistically, what do you think the chances are of your government going on
> > the "rampage"?
>
> I'm sure the Branch Davidians perceived a rampage to be in the air,
It is all a matter of perception.
> and
> folks around Ruby Ridge might likewise agree that the guvmint sometimes
> forcibly oversteps its bounds.
Ruby Ridge?
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Foundation of a republic (was Gun control)
|
| (...) But can't you say that about everything in a debate of this sort? And if you're going to make a relativist claim like that, then you undermine your own stance, as well. I perceive a burglar entering my home, but he perceives himself as a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
Message is in Reply To:
11 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
