--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Now I gotta pick some nits....
>
I think I addressed your nits in my last couple of
replies. Let me reply to your post as a whole,
without picking it apart. <g>
I'm aware of the federalist vs anti debate, and that
had a great effect on the framing. However, you
cannot discount that the wording of the constitution
and the bill of rights reflects that the framers were
trying to create a government that was allowing the
maximum of freedoms to the individual that could be
countenanced in a real world society. I can't see
that being the 2nd of 10 it was only put in there to
placate the anti-feds. It's not the best in wording,
but it's not the worst and it's certainly not an
abomination. Taken in context as it was meant, it's
pretty clear.
You only underline the reason for my trepidation for
being associated with the gun lobby at large- it's
obviously a way for large corporations to assure their
profits. However the gun industry certainly isn't
raking in the money that tobacco was(still is) or
alcohol. And the reason for it's strength is largely
because people who aren't as discerning as I jump on
board- they're not out to help gun manufacturers, they
want to prevent the erosion of personal freedoms in
this country as I do. Which was my original argument,
that personal gun ownership is in the net a good
thing. Further addition to the already copious
regulations on the books can only start nibbling away
at the freedoms of law abiding citizens.
You are absolutely correct, the 2nd isn't going to be
repealed because there are more basic issues to be
settled. BTW- I didn't include that as a tactic, i
was trying to bring the debate to it's logical
conclusion. When the issues of violence in a free
society are settled we will have matured to the point
that perhaps no one will need to fear harm from
another anymore. That's a long way off unfortunately.
dean
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