[Sherman Logan]

As relevant as ever.

[mylife]

The Brits think Cameras are the answer.

I would rather a cannon than a canon.

[saganite]

This was written by Gibbon in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the 1700’s:

“A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies, form the only balance capable of preserving a free constitution against enterprises of an aspiring prince.”

It’s still relevant today but GB seems to have forgotten that it was once an armed and free society.

[Emile]

Unfortunately, I'm not that good a shot and I blow his head off. I instantly regret it, knowing I'm now going to have to repaint the room.

LOL.

[Publius6961]

I've always had the misguided conviction that free citizens share their right to defend life and property with whatever police force they decide to employ. They don't forfeit that right, indeed, they mustn't.

That is why, in my estimation, the asinine phrase "taking the law into your own hands" is mindless sophistry. In a free democratic-based society, it never left.

[JimRed]

OVER HERE WE CAN DEFEND OUR HOMES

Not in NYC!

[GeronL]

The only difference is now they have cameras everywhere, even the “village green” and the Tories will win the next election

[joma89]

We might not have this “right” if people like the one’s who wrote the articles below get hold of our Constitution and change it. The price for freedom is eternal vigilance. Keep up the good fight everyone!

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090819_enabling_the_gun_nuts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081902961.html

JoMa