Ian and Arlo,
Good points, and I don't want to take away from what
you guys brought up, but what about Blackwater? Good? They
are now volunteering, for a price of course, to help ships off Somalia
get through without Somalia pirate(?) harassment. Doing law enforcement
in the U.S., border protection near Mexico, and now they have big
military armed ships, amongst other current practices. The law enforcement
in the U.S. is arguably an adhoc U.S. military and I think is also arguably
garbed by so called privatism, which counters constitutional issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_USA
"Blackwater Worldwide is currently the largest of the U.S. State Department's
three private security contractors. Of the 987 contractors Blackwater provides,
744 are U.S. citizens.[9][10] At least 90 percent of its revenue comes from
government contracts, two-thirds of which are no-bid contracts.[11"
woods
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From: ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:49:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] blackwater
[Ian]
As I understand it, the reason for the 2nd was precisely to bear arms against
tyrannical government armies...
[Arlo]
Do you really think a pack of hunters and handgun owners are going to do
anything but annoy an encroaching army armed with today's military weapons? Do
you really think if the US Army turned "evil" and was used against American
citizens, hunters and handgun owners would hold them off?
Do you really think that if China invades America....?
Don't get me wrong, I am all for hunter's, sportsmen and citizens afforded the
right to own guns to hunt, sport shoot or defend themselves from criminals, but
its time to put the "citizen's militia that will protect us from an invading
army" stuff to rest.
Also, I saw a great cartoon years back that questioned the notion of gun
ownership, specifically the NRA, and how it has been used historically to
preserve freedoms. For example, when blacks were denied the right to vote,
where was the "NRA Army" to stand up to this tyranny? When Japanese citizens
were locked up in internment camps during WWII, did the gun owners of America
rise to protect freedom? And, when the Indians were rounded up, marched off to
reservations, did gun-owning citizens stand up to the US Army?
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