[archy]

I think our founding fathers would have been proud. I've been told by fiery patriots that it's just what those wild-eyed men intended. American freedom is too good to keep all to ourselves.

I am, perhaps, a little closer to the armourers, fitters, machinists, designers and toolmakers who turn out the machinery and keep them working. But there's often some overlap between the designer/builders and the users, as with tankers MikTim Kalishnikov and Georgii Shpagin of Russia, and General John Talliaferro Thompson of the U.S.A.

[risk]

It's the ideas contained in these posts, and the freedom that both permits them and generates the excitement behind them -- all protected by the 1st and 2nd amendments -- is billions of times more powerful than an entire armory. But your willingness to share the knowledge with enthusiasm is part of the power. These posts say YOU CAN BE FREE. YOU CAN HELP YOURSELVES. AMERICA STAYS FREE BECAUSE OF THESE RULES AND THESE PEOPLE WHO DEFEND THEM. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!