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From: nessie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >When states have overwhelming military forces, not to mention NBC
> [nuclear, biological, chemical] arsenals, 'guns' are absurd tools to
> attempt to oppose the power of such a state.
>
> Tell it to the Vietnamese. Tell it to the Laotians. Tell it to the
> Afganis.
The North VietNamese army had tanks and artillery - the US was NOT
defeated by militias with shotguns and AKs, but by a professional
army - and by a lack of REASON and WILL in the US to 'prevail'.
Contrast the US-VietNam experience with the successful British
counter-insurgency campaign in the Malay territory during the 50s.
Afghans fighting Russians were supplied with mines, rocket launchers,
a vast arsenal of military weaponry, rather more powerful than hand-
guns and hunting rifles - and the current environment there is not
exactly what most people would consider adequate. Pumping a lot of
weaponry into a region does NOT stabilize a situation.
Uh, just who did the Laotians defeat with their personal firearms?
My point is, if the political masters of a modern military want to
commit their resources to stomp you, then personal firearms are
irrelevant. To prevail against land/air/naval forces, you need
comparable forces, or weapons of mass destruction and lotsa luck.
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