From: Michael Wiik <mwiik@messagenet.com>
>>Michael Lorrey <mike@datamann.com> wrote:
>> It is not a mistake that the socialist partisans here in the US
>>are the biggest supporters of gun control. They know so long as
>>private gun ownership exists, they can never fully implement
>>their plans.
>I wonder if the converse is true. As in, conservative partisans,
>as long as they don't promote gun control themselves, can get away
>with instituting authoritarian measures. Some claim that the 2nd
>ammendment helps enforce the others, but if don't touch the 2nd
>ammendment, it seems you can get away with gutting the rest of the
>bill of rights.
>Maybe an armed citizenry can guard against a left-wing coup, but
>right-wing coups seem perfectly ok.
Were you planning on backing that opinion with an example, or just
stating an opinion?
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
Adler Planetarium www.adlerplanetarium.org
Life Extension Foundation, www.lef.org
National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Mon May 28 2001 - 09:56:24 MDT