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Old 02-22-2006, 05:11 AM   #23 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Originally Posted by shakran
While I'm not overly familiar with Switzerland's weapon laws, I'd hazard a guess and say that private citizens owning tanks would probably be right out.
tank ownership by the people of switzerland is not even considered because the government is held in proper check by an armed populace.


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Originally Posted by shakran
The theory of evolution does not cover peope accidentally shot by an idiot that doesn't know how to use his gun.
yet we license teenagers to drive, we only have to renew them every few years, elderly folks who can barely see still drive until their next test several years away. People try to 'apples and oranges' this type of argument but a car is just as deadly as a gun in the wrong hands. More people are killed by automobiles than they are by a accidental handgun discharge. More children are killed by abusive parents/stepparents yearly than they are by accidental discharges.


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Originally Posted by shakran
It would be because W and his warmongers don't know how to run a war, but won't let the people who do know how actually do it.
Ok, I may have to agree with this for the most part, but it is still my contention that political ramifications are also a large part of that.


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Originally Posted by shakran
Not sure where you got that idea. Of course I have a problem with it. But I'm also grounded in reality enough to know that if I'm going up against a tank with a deer rifle, I'm gonna lose.
which is why we, as a civilian population, would never be stupid enough to 'dress ranks' and try to outshoot a tank head on. The term IED comes to mind.

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Originally Posted by shakran
What if the populace is afraid of an armed populace?
why are people afraid of their neighbors being armed? It USED to be that we knew these people, had block parties, barbecues, 4th of july picnics....isolationism should not infringe upon the rights to defend ones self.
I carry a handgun at home, I know most of my neighbors, not well unfortunately, and even though they may not realize it, should they ever require it, i'll be there helping them defend themselves whether they would do the same for me or not. too bad more people in this country decide to be fearful of their neighbors instead of 'neighborly'.

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Originally Posted by shakran
And exactly what percentage of gun owners out there went out and bought their gun so they could be in this "well regulated militia" of yours that never trains or even has meetings?
How many 'militias' were attacked/hounded/arrested/and prosecuted by the clinton administration? These were people who banded together to do exactly as you think that is required by the 2A and yet were villified for that very reason. There is no pleasing a truly anti-gun individual so why should we bother? we'll remain isolated until there comes a truly desperate time for us to band together. All I can do is look at the post katrina gun grab...i'll bet that most of those people wish they would have banded together....what do you think that would have looked like had that 'militia' engaged the national guard following an illegal order?
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