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Date:      Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:30:31 +0000
From:      "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, fpawlak@execpc.com (Frank Pawlak)
Cc:        drifter@stratos.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Does it's true?
Message-ID:  <980628193031.ZM171@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> "Re: Does it's true?" (Jun 28, 10:32am)
References:  <199806281732.KAA15832@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Jun 28, 10:32am, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> Subject: Re: Does it's true?
> Frank Pawlak wrote:
> > It is interesting that you did an in-depth analysis of my analogy.  I was
> > taking neither of the positions arrived at in your deduction.  The is no
> > question about the issue of personification of guns in the US.  The
citizens
> > have been armed to the teeth since the Revolutionary War.  Gun possession
is
> > covered by the Constitution.  So far all well and good.
>
> 	based upon reading madison, jefferson and other FF's (founding
> 	fathers), the second amendment to the constitution was enacted
> 	in order to guarantee the citizentry's ability to oppose
> 	a tyrannical government, and thereby prevent that government
> 	from forming.
>
> 	ownership  of small arms is insufficient for the task.
> 	if one embraces the purpose of the second amendment, rather
> 	then just the language, we must allow the citizentry to own
> 	heavy weapons.  no one that i know of advocates this.
>
> 	what would it have availed the chinese students to have
> 	small arms in tianamen (sp) square.  it would not have
> 	forestalled action by the gov't.
>
> 	the narrow reading of the second amendment leaves us with
> 	the high death rate by shooting that we have in the US
> 	without the means to effectively oppose the govt.
> 	the worst of both.   ugh.
> jmb
>-- End of excerpt from Jonathan M. Bresler

An example of excellent clear thinking, with the emotions under full control.
Frank


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