Re: unfortunately, more
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:34:00 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 8/18/99 5:32:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca writes:
<< Or try to understand the logic
of the constitutional "right to bear arms" in the light of all the drive-by
slayings that clutter the front pages of otherwise respectable newspapers
around the world....
Cheers,
Paul
>>
God, Paul, nothing like insightful political commentary from the completely
uninvolved :)
The fundamental unit of political power is not the vote, nor the dollar, but
the bullet. That's where everyone's freedom comes from and that's what
maintains it. Making the bullets available to responsible citizens (and this
is where we really need to focus our legislative work) keeps absolute power
from the hands of the government.
Some of us prefer freedom to safety. It's a trade off. But that type of
thinking is unknown to those who view government as a large maternal breast
upon which a doltish populace needs to feed.
We have a saying down here in the South, "You'll get my gun when you pry it
out of my cold, dead hands." People aren't kidding when they say that.
Jim
PS