On 2/20/2010 2:36 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/2/20 P. J. Alling<[email protected]>:
The Swiss understand this at least. Citizens are armed subjects aren't..
I believe that the Swiss used to wear their swords to vote as proof of
citizenship. Maybe they still do.
they do. daggers. in some places required for communal elections as
well as local referenda
Follow the logic, if I'm not at least well armed enough to be a threat
to a solder then I'm not an armed citizen. American traditions don't go
back to the Sword, they go back to the Musket, which was the common
military arm of the day. Unlike the Swiss we keep updating our traditions.
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