[Rhodes22-list]Guns and Politics

[Steve]

Robert
Whats wrong with honest people owning machine guns or
similer weapons????????????  You have to keep in mind
that dishonest people own them and are perpared to use
them on you.  Take for example your family; let say
someone break into your house and you pull out a
pistol or shotgun but they have machine guns. 
Needless to say your whole family is now dead. 
Wouldn't you have had better odds it you would have
had a machine gun???????  Or are you perpared to give
up your family lives for the shake of gun control?????
Interesting; analysis, don't you agree!!!!!!!!!!!!  
Steve



--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
> Roger - I have read your messages, and of your
> considerable 
> accomplishments, with admiration.  Please do not
> consider 
> me an opponent -- but rather someone possessed of/by
> a 
> somewhat (but not entirely) different view of the
> situation.
> 
> After all, "Betsy" lives in my bedroom as insurance
> against
> adverse outcomes of unwanted meetings in the night. 
> I think
> we have a lot more points of agreement than might
> appear at 
> the outset.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja wrote:
> > ... Despite the lethality and sophistication of
> modern
> > military weapons, the US military would have a
> very
> > difficult time putting down a widespread
> insurrection in
> > this country.
> 
> The confrontation would not likely be face-to-face. 
> It is
> far more likely to be a gradual redefinition of
> freedom 
> and the erosion of the freedoms of subgroups - a
> cross
> between Orwell's "1984" prophesy and Hitler's
> scapegoating.
> Perhaps something like an extension of the Patriot
> Act.
> 
> You will undoubtedly remember Hermann Goering's
> words as 
> related in MJM's recent (and rather pithy) "jokes".
> 
> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be 
> brought to the bidding of the leaders, that 
> is easy. All you have to do is tell them they 
> are being attacked, and denounce the 
> peacemakers for lack of patriotism and 
> exposing the country to danger. It works the 
> same in every country."
> -- Hermann Goering (Nazi planner)
> 
>
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> 
> Perhaps you have heard of the sales technique known
> as "Frog Boiling."
> 
> If you put a frog in hot water, it will just jump
> out.
> 
> If you put your frog in cool water, then heat it up 
> slowly, the frog will go to sleep, and ultimately be
> 
> boiled.
> 
> The salesman comes in with a low bid, then adds 
> expenses after the deal is closed.
> 
> A government institutes apparently justified but
> intrusive legislation, then expands its provisions
> at the expense of individual liberty.
> 
>
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> 
> > You need to reread the 2nd amendment and try to
> > understand the historical context & intent of the
> > authors.  Providing the ultimate check and balance
> > against an oppressive regime is exactly what the
> 2nd
> > amendment is about & it's as valid today as it was
> in
> > the 18th century.
> 
> You will note that I said:
> 
> "The 2nd amendment was written in before machine
> guns
> were invented, or bazookas, for that matter.  The
> unavailability of these weapons to the general
> populace
> nullifies their ability to resist tyranny, rendering
> the
> 2nd amendment moot in that regard."
> 
> I was referring to the effectiveness of "legal"
> weapons 
> in the hands of the populace in the case of a
> pitched 
> battle.  The use of currently permitted weapons
> would
> certainly be an irritant, but I maintain that the 
> technologically advanced surveillance equipment
> available
> to our government confers a large advantage.
> 
> But perhaps Yankee ingenuity would rise to the
> occasion.
> I imagine that we could do better than stones and 
> bottles, should it come to that.
> 
> We can hope that this theory is never tested.
> 
> V/R
> 
> /Robert Skinner
> 
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