Re: 'Shoot to Kill Bill' set to pass the Senate with no safeguards

[Anonymous]

On 07 Sep 2000, Julian Assange wrote:

> "The bill will now pass into law with no sunset clause, and no real
> safeguard that would prevent troops being used on strikers and peaceful
> protestors

Unrestricted, unregulated private ownership of firearms is the only
effective "safeguard."

This is a textbook example of why the right of the shee^H^H^H^H citizenry
to keep and bear arms is crucial to the maintenance of a free society.