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To: Lane3 who wrote (94417)	1/9/2005 2:38:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) of 793801

If you are arguing that the right to own a gun is no different than the right to own any other form of private property, I disagree. History tells us that oppressive governments consolidate power by disarming the citizens. No oppressive government has ever confiscated teddy bears. The sticking point is that the term "militia" has gotten a bad reputation due to the nuts running around in places like Idaho. The founders definitely wanted all able bodied free men to be able to take up arms in times of need of a militia. Just what that entails has been lost, and the argument now centers on the right to own guns in isolation from the purpose of having a militia. We have a gigantic standing military, and use it for purposes the founders would have found abhorrent. Which is one reason I have to laugh when conservatives talk about "original intent."

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