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Politics : The 2nd Amendment-- The Facts........ -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Little Engine who wrote (61)	6/28/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Turboe	Respond to of 10167

I agree LE-- the school killings are terrible. Laws are on the books that could have prevented that. I just think society has gone over the edge. There is the problem, not guns. I know where some of those quotes are-- I will look some up for you. The point of my post is that "militia" is dependent on the "right". Also, by US code militia is defined as ALL able bodied men from 18 to 60-- it is in my header. And please read this-- it answers some of your questions: shadeslanding.com.

To: Little Engine who wrote (61)	6/28/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Richard Mazzarella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10167

Little Engine, <<recommend to curtail high school students from walking into lunchrooms>> A free state has risks, people are expected to act responsibility. Everything is abused at times, that's not a reason to ban. We have fought a few wars to ensure that we are free, many gave their lives. Abandoning the freedoms won does disservice to their memory. The kids could find out on the internet how to put potassium cyanide in the lunch soup. Should we ban the internet? People fall off roofs, ban roofs? One kid with a car could do as much damage with a car as a gun, they don't need guns to kill. Bottom line is that the US allows it citizens to be armed so that citizens have the means to protect themselves from the lawless and an abusive government if necessary. Something that shouldn't be so easily discounted. I wish every responsible citizen was armed.

To: Little Engine who wrote (61)	6/28/1998 7:04:00 PM
From: LT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10167

BTW, Turboe, what laws would you recommend to curtail high school students from walking into lunchrooms and proceeding to blow classmates away? Especially in states where there is no age restrictions on gun ownership? In at least one of the school cases the young lad lived in a home where many weapons were present. Adults must be responsible for access of weapons, within their own homes, to children. They should be responsible for training the children in the operation and safe use as well as denying them access when an adult is not present. Loaded weapons should not be present in the home with "easy" access to children. This is not to say children can not obtain weapons illegally, but those weapons most easily accessible, must be taken care of also. LT

To: Little Engine who wrote (61)	6/30/1998 8:14:00 AM
From: Turboe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10167

Let's CLEAR up one misconception the anti-gunners have fed the media: From: law.cornell.edu 311. Militia: composition and classes (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are - (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.