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journeyman,
good points, they are well-taken. i was approaching the issue from drawing direct parallels from the context in which the bill was enacted (post revolutionary years) and recreating the situation under modern circumstances. your assesment is undoubtedly more realistic in our day, times have changed. the importance of holding firearms has gone from the ability to organize a legitimate military force to a serious speedbumb in an attempt to enforce martial law.
right on.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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