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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (1861)10/9/2000 7:18:29 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
Uh, well-regulated militia. Comments on that part? I think dissecting this 18th century document in a 21st century context is absurd. You have to look at what the framers intended, but then you have to advance it to current state of affairs. After you do that, you have to look at the principles as have been historically applied.

When my dad was in college, you could order a Belgian 20 mm cannon by mail order. Now I think it would be fun to shoot one (these were single round bolt actions), but I don't think it is what we want people mounting in their cars to handle road rage.

So, with that said, what were the framers afraid of? Well, armies of a centralized authoritarian government. Since the structure of the Reserves has each State Governor (a freely elected independent executive) as Commander in Chief of his/her forces, then we seem to have addressed the general concern.

If the unthinkable ever happens and the Christian Right starts forcing my kids to prayer groups and classes on Creationism, I'm sure that even if my guns are regulated, that I could create a respectable propane cannon from parts readily available from Orchard Supply if I need to. But that isn't the problem that is facing us right now, is it?
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