You idiots haven't learned a thing from Nazi germany. When the Germans came to stuff the Jews into crematoria, the Jews had no guns to defend themselves.
Only a matter of time before someone starts stuffing Australians into ovens. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] Contemporary Military Utility > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 3:09 AM > < It's been proven gun bans do nothing to stop > criminal activity.> > > Where do u get this garbage from? From the NRA? Anyway you > cut it the USA > has an astoundingly high crime rate - and you have guns. > Apart from Finland > what other country slaughters its kids in school shootings > several times a > year? What other country has an entire demographic (blacks > under 30) where > the highest rate of death is homicide by gun? > > As to those pro-militia quotes, perhaps you should check > the date-stamp on > them... 220 years ago. You are not fighting off an invading > army using a > civilian militia anymore. Now you are just killing > yourselves - in droves. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2008 7:07 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: [OT] Contemporary Military Utility > > Hi Everybody! > > http://www.topix.com/guns/2008/11/election-triggers-gun-sales-3 > > (third comment) > > US Supreme Court in 1939 US v Miller et al. > > The court held that the firearms protected by the Second > Amendment were > those with "contemporary military utility". > > What firearms today have "contemporary military > utility"? > > That would be firearms like the M16/M4 machinegun, the > Beretta 92F > semi-auto pistol, and the Mossberg 590A1 shotgun with heat > shield, > extended magazine and bayonet lug. > > The purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure > citizens have the > ability to resist tyranny. Our founding fathers saw that > the citizens > would have to be armed similarly to regular soldiers of the > standing > army and foreign armies. Indeed, this is why ordinary > citizens are part > of what is called the "unorganized militia". > > This is why many see attacks on the Second Amendment, and > particularly > attacks upon military pattern firearms, to be a direct > attack upon the > free citizen militia concept and the promotion of tyranny. > Banning > firearms is more than simply banning an object. It is > banning the idea > of freedom and free men, and turning them into subjects of > the government. > > What is the militia? Let's turn to history: > > "Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it > feared, then, that > we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? > Congress shall > have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and > every other > terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of > an American > ... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of > either the > federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it > will ever > remain, in the hands of the People." > - Tench Coxe, 1788. > > "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole > people, except for a > few public officials." > - George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on > Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, > 1788 > > And that's the problem. People today have turned their > backs on their > heritage and their history. They are willing to surrender > their freedoms > for simple sound bites, Monday Night Football and X-Boxes. > Rest assured > there are many who do understand out heritage and history. > > The issue today really should be - why are politicians > trying so hard to > ban guns? It's certainly not for criminal control. > It's been proven gun > bans do nothing to stop criminal activity. These same > politicians are > opposed to locking up criminals for lengthy periods of > time. They find > it preferable to make millions of law-abiding gun owners > into criminals > with the stroke of a pen rather than execute a murderer or > send a drug > lord away for life. Why is that? What is their goal? Have > you ever > wondered about that? > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
