[TheForge] coffee and guns

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

While the gun debate tends to break down along a rural/urban 
divide... I think the govt has a whole lot more respect for folks 
who are well armed and represent a thoughtful threat to mistreatment.
We should be disarmed when the police and everybody else is.
As i see it , constitutionally, one has a right to carry a muzzle 
loading, black powder, single shot, blacksmith made rifle 
anywhere...pf

Andrew Vida wrote:
> 
> We might also point out that there is no such a thing as an "assault 
> weapon".  There are assault RIFLES, and there is nothing special about 
> them.  The gun-squeams are fond of whining about how "deadly" the 
> assault weapons are.  If I HAD to choose, I'd rather take my chances 
> being on the wrong end of a 223 or 5.7mm than any hunter's round.
> 
> Anyhow, an assault rifle is generally defined as of small bore, medium 
> powered cartridge, and with selective-fire capability.  No magic, no 
> special evil.
> 
> And finally, Jim is spot on.  The ONLY thing keeping government from 
> running wholly roughshod over us is the fact that we are pretty well 
> armed.  Were it otherwise, the few rights we retain would probably have 
> flown away decades ago.
> 
>     -Andy
> 
> Jim Beard wrote:
>>
>> They are for when they need to revolt against a Tyrannical government.
>>
>> Jim
>> Eugene, OR
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2007 11:20 AM, lee robbins <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> but why do people need assault weapons in big cities?
>>>
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