[Arlo] Yeah, it's a bad analogy. There are plenty of reasons I support responsible gun ownership, from self-defense to hunting to sport target shooting. But its rather weak to say we arm our citizens with handguns in the expectation they can use them to overthrow a government. While this may have been a realistic expectation back in 1790, unless a militia can get its hands on military weapons, there simply is nothing a group of citizens with handguns and hunting rifles are going to do. (And if the military defects, it will be the military that handles the rebellion).
[Ron] Hell, guys. Of course you can not wage open war with deer rifles and hand guns, but they are an advantage as a means to gain access to said more advanced methods of war making. A few well trained men equiped with Bows and knives can gain access to an armory and ammunition. Well trained hackers can "arrange" any sort Of accquisition..dare I say, of heavy ordinance in strategic locals. Lets face it, if a revolt was immenent there would be a few high ranking leaders with ambitions of power And the monitary means who have connections in other countries who would certainly fund their "intrests" in this "cause" and could give the federal Gov. a run once a sustained resistence was established. After seeing the L.A. Riots I feel better having a few winchesters at my disposal if the shit Ever did "hit the fan". It's a hostile world and "peace through superior fire power" has it's advantages when defending your family. Being a victim once before, I'd rather avoid it again by a show of force than to be peacably raped and murdered. If a few well aimed reports hastens the decision to move on to easier prey then I'm for it. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
