[Rhodes22-list]Guns and Politics

[Steve]

Excellent, Roger; well put!!!
Steve


--- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> Joseph Stalin once wrote, "Quantity has a quality
> all its own."  As the
> US Army is finding in places like Afghanistan and
> Iraq, occupying a country
> where a large fraction of the population is armed is
> VERY, VERY difficult.
> These problems are occuring on foreign soil where
> the means of supply and
> logistical support are remote to the fighting and
> not threatened.  Despite
> the lethality and sophistication of modern military
> weapons, the US military
> would have a very difficult time putting down a
> widespread insurrection in
> this country.
> 
> You need to reread the 2nd amendment and try to
> understand the historical
> context & intent of the authors.  Providing the
> ultimate check and balance
> against an oppressive regime is exactly what the 2nd
> amendment is about &
> it's as valid today as it was in the 18th century.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]Guns and Politics
> 
> 
> > Roger Pihlaja wrote:
> > > ...  Knowing there are 200+ million guns out
> there
> > > has got to cause any overly ambitious politician
> a
> > > moment's reflection.  The 2nd amendment is
> really
> > > the ultimate check and balance on government
> power.
> > > For all the trouble that widespread gun
> ownership
> > > causes, it's still worth it.
> >
> > Unfortunately, Roger, the lethality of weapons
> available
> > to anyone in government far outstrips that
> available to the
> > citizens.
> >
> > The 2nd amendment was written in before machine
> guns
> > were invented, or bazookas, for that matter.  The
> > unavailability of these weapons to the general
> populace
> > nullifies their ability to resist tyranny,
> rendering the
> > 2nd amendment moot in that regard.
> >
> > The restrictions are supposed to prevent your
> average
> > nut case (or person with a cause) from doing
> severe harm
> > to large numbers of the general populace.  So they
> use
> > ammonium nitrate, fuel oil, and a truck.  The
> criminals
> > are generally satisfied with a Mac-10 or Uzi-like
> weapon -
> > the same ones that require a special license and
> tax stamp
> > for the honest citizen to acquire.
> >
> > Fortunately, we still have the option of defending
> our
> > homes while the police are busy busting people for
> > victimless crimes defined by do-good legislators
> > pandering after easy votes from overly righteous
> citizens.
> >
> > Let us hope that this right does not follow the
> others
> > heaved over the side by our representatives in the
> > oh-so-misnamed Patriot Act
> >
> > --
> > Robert Skinner, "Squirrel Haven"
> > 9 Gateway Commons, Gorham, ME 04038-1331
> >
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