[Byron_the_Aussie]

..as you know, the government is pretty well armed so in order for the people to defend themselves (should the feds go nuts), they would need equal arms....

Not at all.

Think backwoodsmen vs. the British Army, or the Vietnamese against the US and Australia. And we've just seen an example in Iraq, of how the army of a tyrant may not want to fight.

[Yankee]

Think backwoodsmen vs. the British Army, or the Vietnamese against the US and Australia. And we've just seen an example in Iraq, of how the army of a tyrant may not want to fight.

Yeah! Think Fedayeen charging an M1A1 Abrams.

On second thought...........

[Deb]

I was speaking for the founding fathers and their probable reasoning when drawing up the 2nd. My block is currently saving up for a (pink) tank.