Name: Anonymous 2006-08-25 21:17
What's with all the 2nd amendment frenzy lately? Let's face two facts here:
1) The 2nd amendment is already pretty damned nebulous in our era. Do you have the right to possess fully automatic machineguns? Nope, you don't (unless you're working for the government). Do you have the right to possess shoulder-fired stinger missiles? Grenade Launchers? Heavy explosives? Didn't think so. Aren't your rights being infringed upon until you have access to WMDs?
2) Small arms (pistols, rifles, assault rifles) are not going to prevent a tyrannical government from systematically bringing you and everyone you love under its iron fist.
Can anyone make a convincing case that, given the option to pry the rifle from your cold, dead hands, a government such as ours in the US would have any trouble whatsoever of accomplishing that if it had the volition? An F-16 trumps a Colt .45 any day of the week.
1) The 2nd amendment is already pretty damned nebulous in our era. Do you have the right to possess fully automatic machineguns? Nope, you don't (unless you're working for the government). Do you have the right to possess shoulder-fired stinger missiles? Grenade Launchers? Heavy explosives? Didn't think so. Aren't your rights being infringed upon until you have access to WMDs?
2) Small arms (pistols, rifles, assault rifles) are not going to prevent a tyrannical government from systematically bringing you and everyone you love under its iron fist.
Can anyone make a convincing case that, given the option to pry the rifle from your cold, dead hands, a government such as ours in the US would have any trouble whatsoever of accomplishing that if it had the volition? An F-16 trumps a Colt .45 any day of the week.