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To: Merritt who wrote (4821)11/14/1999 6:26:00 AM
From: nihil  Respond to of 6418
 
Nothing can make a government think, even once.



To: Merritt who wrote (4821)11/14/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: pezz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6418
 
<<and an armed populace makes the government think twice
about what it can get away with.<g>>> How effective was it in the issues you mentioned?



To: Merritt who wrote (4821)11/16/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: Akula1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6418
 
In none of the situations you mentioned would armed resistance have been right or advisable. You even admitted that an armed populace can not oppose the government anyway. In what way does the second amendment garantee our rights? I may have missed your point. Please clarify. :-)


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