From: hal@finney.org
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 16:18:20 MDT
Forrest writes:
> The reason for an armed populace is very, very fundamental:
>
> "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
> that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
> that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Do you actually view it to be self-evident that we have a creator, and
that he (sorry, "He") endowed us with rights? I not only don't think
it is self-evident, but I don't even think it is at all likely. Is this
the foundation for why you believe we should have an armed populace?
Hal
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