Sounds like Tom was talking about retaliation against an attack initiated by the gov't. Robert sounds like he's talking about the individual initiating the attack. Yes, we have a constitutional right to bear arms, and that right is in place so that we can protect ourselves from tyranny. it may be open to interpretation, but it does not sound like it advocates picking up arms and initiating an attack against the government.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tell that to George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, et al. > > The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and > bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny > in government. > The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood > of patriots and tyrants. > Thomas Jefferson > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >By definition, an act of violence against the government > > is anti-American. We have the right to protest, the right to assembly, > the > > right to ask for a redress of grievances to the government. We don't use > > violence against each other to advance our political agendas. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276745 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
