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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (17185)11/25/2002 1:31:54 PM
From: zonder  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
Re The armed citizen has no need to take up arms against the government, because the government can be trusted as long as we have the Second Amendment.

Could you explain this? I read the Second Amendment and did not see how it is makes you trust the government.

That was the time when the government's army had more or less the same weapons as the guns in the hands of individuals. So arming the citizens was perhaps useful for one purpose or another. However, in today's world, the state's army is so sophisticated and has access to such advanced technology that it is absurd to think the armed citizens can do anything meaningful for or against the state.

Go see Demolition Man.
If you want to go way back, try Red Dawn.

Hmm.. You know that those are fiction, right?

Have you seen The Day After? Maybe we should destroy all nuclear weapons on earth. Or have you seen War Games. It shows that computers cannot be trusted with military systems. Dead Ringers? It says doctors cannot be trusted with prescription pads. Have you seen/read 1984? Goes to show that we should prevent the state from getting too much control over us. Have you read Brave New World? It shows that we should definitely ban cloning.

I can go on forever with this. Basically, all fiction about the future builds a story on certain predictions. Featuring in the plot of some Stallone film hardly lends additional credibility to a pro-gun argument.
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