On Tuesday 06 February 2007 2:02 pm, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:57 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you know the militia was comprised of ordinary citizens. It wasn't > > a standing > > army that they worried about having gunss. > > Exactly. There were militias, and there were 'well-regulated > militias'. Their main job was to ensure the peace locally, as opposed > to standing armies, who were only supposed to fight foreign forces. > The goal was to be able to guarantee that such local militias would > never be disarmed by a leader who wanted to use the army to tyrannize > the country.
Hi Ed! And to enable this, every honest person who is able to handle a gun must have one. "Able" includes temperament, we don't demand that those deathly afraid of the very idea of a gun have to participate. We have had leaders who wanted to tyrannize the country, might have them again. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
