To: neverdem
"That we have a lawfully armed populace adds a measure of security for all of us and makes it less likely that a band of terrorists could make headway in an attack on any community before more professional forces arrived.” Yeah...terrorists. That's the ticket. That's why the framers put in that amendment....to guard against...terrorists. Right.
5 posted on
04/20/2009 3:52:56 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for something I ain't.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Yeah...terrorists. That's the ticket. That's why the framers put in that amendment....to guard against...terrorists. Right. They did, primarily homegrown "terrorists" occupying the national capital and the government centered there. But they were also thinking of the foreign sort of "terrorist", and even pirates.
53 posted on
04/20/2009 9:35:31 PM PDT by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
James Madison was a visionary. He knew we would never have to worry about a tyrannical government. Just those damned terrorists.
56 posted on
04/20/2009 9:51:39 PM PDT by
Protect the Bill of Rights
(Americans Bow to No One; Obama Bows to Saudi KINGS and Lies about it.)
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