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09-14-04

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Originally Posted by diogenes
I think it's funny that of all the ideals that the founders of this country cherished-it's the right to bear arms that people cling to more than any other. the democratic process has been subverted by corporate interests but at least we have the right to arm ourselves with grenade launchers? I think our priorities may need to be reexamined
As I said, if this is not your cup of tea, move, there's plenty of other countries out there who reflect your opinions. Give America the chance to work without messing with it's founder's intentions.

And ALSO as I was saying before, if those corporate interests should begin to take too much power for themselves and become an oppressive power, there will be use for assault weapons. No one likes the idea of revolution, but the threat of one is ALWAYS needed to keep governments and other powers in check. If we are disarmed then we have less ability to support that power check.

You know one of the reasons the Japs said they never attempted a mainland invasion of the US? It's because they knew our citizens were armed. What the hell use is it trying to keep a stranglehold on something that's going to shoot at you?

And after all this you're still for some reason dumbfounded as to why people cling to the second amendment? You ever stop to think that maybe there's a reason that it was considered so important that it was made the second item on the bill of rights? Without that one, the rest of them are just ideas with nothing to support them but the ruling power's word. I will now re-enact a scene from "The Last Samurai":

Katsumoto: My sword protected this council when...

Omura: We are a nation of LAWS, we need no protection.

(Omura has Katsumoto escorted away by a cadre of ARMED guards.)
  
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