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On 8/8/2012 10:57 AM, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> 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.
>
Right up to the point where standing armies exist, and that whether or
not that totalitarian oppressive state is supported by, or apposed by,
the armies. Then.. Things get a bit problematic for the armed citizens.
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