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"Cecil Chapman" wrote in message
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But Jeff, the words hearken back to the situation that they arose from -
They had guns and when they wanted to oust the British control this was
INDEED handy! The second amendment just recognizes that it was important
for its' citizens to have access to guns in order to have a militia to
call, in times of threat.

It is more than just handy. It ensures our other liberties.


I go back to what I said before. The average citizen has NO need to have
armor piercing bullets (or rounds that will effectively do the same). Any
cop-friend will tell you is to get a shotgun for home protection, you just
point in the 'general direction' and you'll hit the intruder. Handguns
are just fine, too and I have had NO problem with the notion of
registration - though I would be remiss to point out that many crimes are
committed with stolen weapons, anyways.

No ****. Crimes are committed by criminals. All the anti gun laws in the
world aren't going to stop them.

I've just been saying that Joe Bob down the street doesn't need a shoulder
fired missile, armor piercing bullets, automatic weapons to defend his/her
home. Unless he is out in the woods and up against some real bad-assed
deer named Rambo grin.

You're an idiot. Who are you tto make up this crap about what another
person needs or wants? Ownership is not the problem - it never was. The
problem is the criminals.


What I DO agree with is that some of the legislation tries to blur the
line between automatic (already illegal) and semiautomatic. According to
one piece of legislation that almost went through out here in California,
a simple Marlin .22 rifle was going to be declared illegal because it had
a magazine that carried the specified amount of rounds - that kind of
thinking was absurd and even here in California that part of the
legislation got tossed out on its' butt. But,,,, an AK-47??? Joe Citizen
has NO needs for that.

I have an "AK-47" or rather the semi auto version from Romania. It is no
more lethal (in fact less so) than a decent hunting rifle. What people seem
to object to is the appearance of it. Do you have any idea what you are
talking about?


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