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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
A thoughtful response and probably accurate.
Unfortunately, the downside to allowing every man to own a 50 caliber machine gun offsets the "nice to have the tools........." part of the above.
In the current society, it's simply impossible to outgun the government........might as well admit that fact and move on.
Your alternative is to allow the citizens to match weapons with the government. We're so far from that point........even today.......that the discussion is really moot.
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I'm not the advocate of arming the citizens equal to the army, though I understand it and believe it is a valid point even it doesn't carry the argument. I agree with MTI's contention that no rights are absolute. Only an absolutist thinks in those terms and I have no special use for absolutists of any sort. They too easily make useful idiots for cynical leaders.
It isn't necessary to outgun the government. I doubt that any revolution was begun by people who outgunned the government they sought to overthrow, though I could be wrong.
What's necessary is that good men do something. There's no a guarantee of success. Most revolutions fail. At least the first time.
We know the results if good men do nothing.
B