Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> I think we are pretty much on the same side of this argument.
> A competent citizen should be freely able to arm themselves, and needs
> to be respected by the govt and their fellow citizens as potentially
> dangerous.
> The equality in question is ..equal before the law mostly...pf
Dangerous stuff, as the law has proven itself an ass 99% of the time.
This is why we have the BoR. Doesn't seem to make much difference
anymore. :(
>
> Andrew Vida wrote:
>> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>> My unbridled respect for law abiding citizens has been shaken.
>>> Still, i agree.
>>> It's just that they behave so badly sometimes..pf
>>>
>>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>> Bingo Pete, I can't think of a better argument for
>>>> allowing law abiding citizens to carry fire arms.
>> (setq soapbox 1)
>>
>> One other thing - Right here in Jerry's words lie the thinly veiled
>> problems with notions such as "government" and "law" in the American
>> mind (as well as many others who live "democratically"). If we assume
>> that we are all equal as living beings (not accounting for differences
>> in physical and mental faculties, but just as "souls" for lack of a
>> better term), then whose place is it to allow or disallow much of
>> anything? Here the ideal comes into some conflict with the practical,
>> we all know - but that conflict is actually VERY tiny. It has become
>> large because people have made it that way. The problem resides nowhere
>> else but between peoples' ears.
>>
>> Once accepted, "equality" directly leads to rights such as those to
>> preserve one's life or that of another. Such a right directly leads to
>> the right to the MEANS of doing so, and therefore there is NO legitimate
>> basis for denying anyone the right to the means of defense. None.
>> Zero. Nada. Zilch. Tween. Zip. Nichts. Semmi. Nyichevo.
>>
>>
>> (setq soapbox NIL)
>> (setq NOMEX 1)
>> (setq HUMOR 1)
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