tamaka
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx ORIGINAL: tamaka The People have the right to protect themselves... period. since no one has denied that...why do you bring it up? Also, the principle still remains that before we the people become we the slaves of the government... We still have elections don't we? Or are you claiming like trump that if he does not get appointed to the presidency the election was rigged? or an invading force... Isn't that the job of the military? Hasn't it always been the job of the military? or some crazy dictator... etc... You seem to be grasping at straws here. we at least have some shred of a chance to do something. Consider the amerikan revolution. Without france and just this one fact that she supplied 90% of the powder used to fight the revolution it would have been a bunch of guys with rocks and sticks against british regulars. What sort of a chance would they have had. by the same token what sort of chance would you have? A company (approximately 120 men) in a ten minute firefight will expend more than ten thousand rounds. That is one roound every six seconds per man. How much ammo you got? Do the math and stop thinking like bamma who does not think at all. There is such a thing as the spirit of the law... much of the point of the 2nd ammendment, i think, is the spirit of the law. The spirit being that ultimately, the right of the people to protect their free nation... a nation that was purposely formed of the people, for the people (not for the corporations, the 1%, or the likes, and by the people. The 2nd Ammendment was put there to solidify that spirit. It is very much an integral part of the culture which the founding fathers weaved into the very fabric of our country. Perhaps we wouldn't have enough ammo... but we wouldn't go down without a fight. That is the spirit that some of us old enough to remember our grandparents and great grandparents taught us. Those were the days when we pledged allegiance to the flag and sang patriotic songs. We were not pledging loyalty to the crown... we were pledging loyalty to ourselves and each other.
< Message edited by tamaka -- 10/23/2016 5:11:37 PM >
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