To: HawaiianGecko
Now I'm an advocate of the second amendment, but just exactly how does that square with Iraq where all citizens are armed?
Perhaps Franklin meant the quote in the context of a civilized Western nation. Emphasis on the 'civilized' part.
7 posted on
08/29/2006 8:49:24 AM PDT by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: JamesP81
How about the friendly US nation back circa 1862?
To: JamesP81
Which Franklin quote? 'An armed society is a polite society' is properly attributed to Robert Anson Heinlein in IIRC Beyond This Horizon.
26 posted on
08/29/2006 10:02:30 AM PDT by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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