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To: TigerPaw who wrote (237994)	3/14/2002 3:38:09 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

An armed society is a secure society. It is as an armed society that we established the original colonies, crossed a continent, and tamed a wilderness. Back when every man owned a gun, there was lots of risk taking, for example, the Revolutionary War, the exploration of the West, the Gold Rush. There was lots of creativity, for example, the development of a native literature: Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain. Your comments, as usual, are unsubstantiated, baseless, and a mere reflection of prejudice. And I have never even owned a gun.........

To: TigerPaw who wrote (237994)	3/14/2002 9:37:31 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769670

<<An armed society is a frightened society. >> I have several guns, all loaded. I'm not frightened. I sleep very well. Several of my neighbors have been broken into but never my home.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (237994)	3/14/2002 9:52:44 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

An armed society is a polite society. You never know when the guy you are trying to rob will pull his iron and settle up. You think better of the matter and just tip your hat.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (237994)	3/14/2002 10:57:19 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 769670

"When the people fear the government you have tyranny, when the government fears the people you have liberty" - - Thomas Jefferson I fear the government more than my armed neighbor. Would that we could have a disarmed, safe and trustworthy society, like England years ago.