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Originally posted by Lebell
Yes.
Sadly enough, there are too many people that don't.
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That's absurd. The idea that the people could stop an oppressive government was fine when armies mainly had muskets and rifles that were pretty much identical to what the peasants had.
YOU, however can at best get an M16 or two, and that's very iffy. More likely you can only get hold of a shotgun/rifle/handgun/AK47 at best. The military on the other hand has tanks, missiles, and the stealth bomber.
In the old days, too, militaries were trained to wear bright red clothes and march side by side standing as tall as they could be. In short, they were taught to do everything in their power to get their asses shot. Today, we have a large military with incredibly effective training. You, if you're lucky, have a firearms instructor at the local range. Most people's training consists of shooting at tin cans and deer. Point 2 for the military.I really don't think the people can do a whole lot to stop the military at this point. Anyone who thinks they can has been watching too many movies.
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Originally posted by arch13
1) A handgun has NO other purpose than to kill a fellow human. So by proxy if you purchase a handgun it is implicite that you are purchasing it with the thought that you may one day use it to take the life of a fellow human being.
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A logical fallacy. What of the many people who buy handguns so that they can use them for target shooting - for fun? What of the hunters who buy them so they can finish off the deer after it's downed by their rifle?
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Originally posted by hrdwareguy
And before you can turn it against me, yes I know that the "arms" the framers were speaing of were single shot muskets.
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I think that's a very important point you brought up. One of the ways used to interpret constitutional law is "intent of the framers," or, what did the framers mean for this passage to do? In this case, they clearly were not thinking of most of the guns owned by citizens today. What implications does that have for the 2nd?