The beauty of an armed populace is that when you need a firearm, they are always nearby (only idiots would use their own gun to commit a crime).
I always thought, as a non-american, that the 2nd amendment was to provide more of an arms balance against between public and military. A deterrent against any form of military rule. Of course, now, that means I should have my own nuclear armament perhaps, I don't know. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LaPorte, David Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:04 PM To: Richard M. Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad Given that slaves were not permitted to own guns, that's a perfect example of what can happen to a disarmed populace. Richard M. Smith wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Tomas L. Byrnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:21 PM > To: Richard M. Smith; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad > >>>> The fact that a tyranny would face armed opposition is probably one >>>> of the main reasons one hasn't arisen in the US > > Surely slavery was an example of tyranny in America...... > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
