At 09:15 AM 7/22/01, Jeroen wrote:
>At 16:14 20-7-01 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
>>>As for "enforcing rules on an unwilling populace", that's where the
>>>democratic process comes in: if the government starts making rules (and
>>>enforcing them by force) that the public doesn't want, the public will elect
>>>a new government.
>>
>>
>>Always assuming that the first rule they make does not involve disarming
>>the citizenry . . .
>
>We don't have this "Right To Arm Ourselves To The Teeth"-thing in Europe,
>so civilian possession of fire arms is very limited, so disarming the
>citizenry really wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.
But you do have the US to call upon when you get in a jam . . .
--Ronn! :)
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