Actually we weren't supposed to even have a standing army. Only one that was raised during times of need and disbanded afterwards.
Jim Davis wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:24 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Right To Bear Arms >> >> Anyone or anything that desires to infringe upon his rights by force, >> and in >> the case of a government, by fraud as well. > > Maybe this is the beginning of an answer (and I'm guessing I'm only half > joking): > > First off even we assume that we should have access to weaponry that would > let us "fight the army" it seems logical to assume that we're not talking > about one person being able to fight the army. So the line is really drawn > somewhere between the danger of a single persons firepower if (when?) a > single person goes bat-shit crazy and the ability of many people's aggregate > firepower to effectively combat the army. > > Somewhere in the middle there... > > (Of course all the "we've gotta be able to fight the army" arguments are > bullshit. This imaginary delineation between "us" and the army has got to > go: the army is "us". Do you think there will ever be a case when the > entire non-enlisted citizenry will need to fight the entire enlisted > segment? Any situation like that will split soldier and non-soldier alike. > > Even if it did happen all we, as citizens, need to do is join the army. > Then when we're in, take their guns. Extra points if you say "Zoinks!" as > you take them.) > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
