In a message dated 4/20/07 12:32:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Uns, just to clarify for a Brit, the purpose of the original "right to bear arms" language in the U.S. Constitution was *not* to allow the people to fight off "Indians" if the need arose. It was to fight off THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT if the need arose -- to be able to keep a tyrant from taking over and turning the country into the very type of absolute monarchy they were rejecting with the Constitution. *That* was the reasoning of the founding fathers of America. I'm no fan of guns in the hands of those who don't have the know-how to use them sanely, but one could make a case that there is more of a need for this kind of "preventive" gun ownership now in the U.S. than there was in Jefferson's time. Hear, Here! ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
