Not quite. The right to bear arms is to protect the citizens from government. A simple read of British history in the years immediately preceding the enactment of the Bill of Rights will show why.
But as you say, with the current level of lethal technology possessed by the government, simply having guns is not sufficient deterrent against a government intent on taking away our rights. In some ways, the focus on the 2nd amendment right to bear arms draws attention from the real government encroachments such as the Patriot Act and the War on (some) Drugs. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > The right to bear arms is because thats the last form of defense against > tyranny. Not to hunt. Its to protect yourself from the police. - Ice T > > Ice T gets it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
