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To: i-node who wrote (689741)	12/23/2012 2:40:04 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) of 1574018

No. It was about using militias to replace a standing army. It didn't work. Even as a National Guard equivalent. There also was some thought about how an armed citizenry could depose a tyrannical government. But that was before military weapons got so dangerous. Remember, Red Dawn was just a movie. And a lousy one at that. I haven't seen the new one, but the original shows high schoolers with hunting rifles taking down trained and equipped troops. Not saying they could bag them a few, but... Not to mention the extraordinary amount of ordnance used to reduce a little town. It isn't like they controlled the only pass through thew mountains. Nope, they could have easily driven around the town. Like Santa Anna should have done with the Alamo. But, I digress. The whole rationale for the 2nd amendment was made moot almost 200 years ago. The War of 1812 was the last straw. Saying saying we can't have reasonable controls on things like high capacity magazines is ludicrous.

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