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Arm the Afghan Women
Fox News ^
| November 20, 2001
| Wendy McElroy
Posted on 11/21/2001 5:08:01 PM PST by Liberty Ship
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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It is commonplace to assume that toppling the Taliban will free Afghan women. But in an unstable country where soldiers celebrate conquest by raping
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Amen! At the beginning of WWII, the NRA had a program through which NRA members could send firearms to the British to protect their homeland against Nazis (because the British had, as usual, disarmed their subjects.) If we could do the same thing for the Afghan women, I would send one of mine, in the appropriate 7.62x39!!!!
To: Liberty Ship
Sorry. Just saw that this was posted previously. Moderator, feel free to delete. Thanks.
To: Liberty Ship
What would be appropriate firearms for Afghan women? Would it be better to send them weapons that use just one or two standard types of ammunition?
To: Paleo Conservative
I like the idea of SKS's. 7.62x39 ammo is everywhere over there. No magazines to keep track of. However, there are so many AK-47's and variants there already, that might be the best choice -- a lot of folks are already checked out on them. Both of them are relatively cheap as would be a Maverick 12 ga. pump shotgun, but ammo for that might be a problem. No need for handguns -- the robes they wear allow for easy concealed carry of a long gun!
It's funny. When we started dropping that food in, my wife suggested that we should be putting loaded .38 revolvers in each one, too. I agreed.
To: Liberty Ship
Just remember, the British disarmed the population and dumped all those guns in the ocean as soon as the war was over.
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11/21/2001 8:53:18 PM PST
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PapaLima
To: PapaLima
You are correct about their taking them away from the population as soon as the war was over. However, many were returned to their donors. I have seen a photo of a rifle with a plaque on it describing its trip and thanking for the loan.
People forget who we fought the revolution against. The World Trade Center was the second major attack on the United States proper (Hawaii was a territory in 1941.) The British burned the WHITE HOUSE in 1812!
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