Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> The colonists felt they had the right to defend themselves, and did so - 
> and based on the experience of the revolutionary war, decided that it 
> should be one of the fundamental rights of citizenship so the government 
> couldn't take other rights away at a whim.  The purpose was to provide 
> for defense (indeed, that's part of the 2nd amendment to the constitution 
> - "a well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free 
> State [...]"

The idea has its merits. It's difficult for a totalitarian oppressive
state to form if its citizens have the firepower to resist.

OTOH, such gun-craziness probably has more negative effects than the
hypothetical positive...

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                                                          - Warp

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