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[Jim Beard]

Haha...  The answer is definitely no.  I'm not sure I am personally
aware of an honest government, but I sure as hell know it ain't ours.
There is a better chance of a polite government then an honest one,
IMHO..

Jim
Eugene, OR

On Dec 18, 2007 10:04 PM, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> 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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