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To: CharleyMike who wrote (4832)	11/10/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: pezz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6418

I must agree with our young friend on this one.Do you honestly believe that allowing the populace to own and carry any type of weapon would in any way have deterred <<our government's actions at Wounded Knee and Waco >>? or any place else for that matter? Mean while the public is threatened by the possibility of nuts going off the deep end..... I do believe that gun control is not as simple as I am implying. The self defense argument is another issue altogether and needs considerable rational . None the less the argument that we need guns to protect us from our government is not a valid one IMO. What really protects us from the government on a large scale is the constitution and the populace's [in general ] support of it. I think it would be unlikely that we would ever see large scale government oppression as the military is by and large a civilian force and would be unlikely to comply. On a smaller scale the courts will [with exceptions of course ] be our salvation. That this Democracy has lasted this long is a tribute that can never be over stated to the brilliance and vision of our founding fathers. pez

To: CharleyMike who wrote (4832)	11/16/1999 9:39:00 PM
From: Akula	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 6418

Waco was a case of a few nuts who went too far. Wounded Knee was part of a terrible part of our history as was slavery. In each of these instances (except the former) the government acted in a way we feel now to have been wrong. However, I see no instance today that would warrant a fear of our own government. Federal employees are proffesionals with diverse political beliefs. I fail to see how this qualifies as a conflict of intrest. If all the women in the country voted as a block, they could carry most elections. This is not a conflict of intrest.