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[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

We ain't all that oppressed yet.
I think the original question was to the effect of..
Is an well armed population enough threat to help keep the 
government honest and maybe even polite sometimes?...pf

Woolley wrote:
> Andrew Vida wrote:
>>
>>
>> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>> With the widespread availability of accurate, scoped,long range 
>>> rifles, an effective revolt against an oppressive government becomes 
>>> a much more realistic threat.
>>
>>     Effective ranges for guns in 338 Lapua and 416 Barrett are now out 
>> to 2 miles and a smidge.  Granted, it requires some profound shooting 
>> ability to take a human target at that range, but there are more than 
>> a few people that can do it.  There are a LOT of very fine marksmen in 
>> this nation... far more than anywhere else on the planet, that is for 
>> certain.
>>
>>     _Most of which were trained by the military that you fantasize 
>> about overthrowing by force. C'mon guys.
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