"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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As you well know, your country has a (for an established democracy
unusual, one might add) history of attacks on elected presidents or
candidates put up for election. Thus, this kind of protection might make
sense.

2nd amendment. That's the justification that's given for people to
bear arms. If they don't like the political machine then they can do
something about it.

From http://www.saf.org/default.asp?p=gunrights_faq#2
3. What was the intent of the Second Amendment?

The intent of these amendments was to protect individuals from government
powers. They were meant as a guarantee to the individual state governments
as well as the American citizens that the Federal government would not try
to take away the freedoms which many of them had so recently fought for.
Senator William Grayson wrote to Patrick Henry; "Last Monday, a string of
amendments were presented to the lower House; these altogether respected
personal liberty." (p. 76).

"To preserve Liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people
always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use
them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress,
and member of the first Continental Congress, which passed the Bill of
Rights)

Paul