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To: D. Long who wrote (5653)4/27/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: goldsnow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 17770
 
The Bill of Rights doesnt guarantee American citizens
rights against the British government! It guarantees rights against the *US* government>>

It does not guarantee rights against innocent citizens...How you propose to balance rights?
automatic life in prison or death for commiting crime with weapon?



To: D. Long who wrote (5653)4/28/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: Meredith Cullen  Respond to of 17770
 
<<best way for a citizenry to resist the encroachments of the State was the potential for armed resistance>>

Close enough - the principle is the same. I was not educated in this country so don't expect me to know the Constitution in minute detail.

Don't understand your reference to "talking out both sides of your mouth.."



To: D. Long who wrote (5653)4/28/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Stormweaver  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 17770
 
There are 240 million guns in the hands of 86 million civilians in the U.S.