Re: Guns'n stuff

Julia Haldemann (haldemann@frankeser.ch)
Mon, 03 May 1999 19:56:38 +0200 

I dfon't know maybe someone cares...every swiss man has a gun...evry swiss
man has to ge every year in the military....they have the guns at home..we
have three or sth...but well u know swiss is save people don't take their
guns around with them or so...and if their is something...only one shoot
missing it's a pretty mess...ok
just if somebody wanted to know

James J Rovira wrote:

> >I was under the impression that the reason our Founding Father
> >declared the
> >right to bear arms was because at the time the 13 colonies didn't have
> >a
> >national militia; instead, we relied on ordinary citizens to fight the
> >British.  These citizens needed muskets, etc.  Hence the right to bear
> >arms. I doubt Jefferson, et al. would condone the right to own a
> >Saturday
> >Night Special or an AK 47!!
> >
> >--renee
>
> I guess we need to ask ourselves what we're really discussing...the
> complete disarmament of citizens of the Untied States, or just gun
> control.  Current laws already exclude the possession of an AK-47, to my
> knowledge.
>
> You do have a good point about the national militia, however.  But I
> think the intent of the militia is that the citizens themselves possess
> the power to defend themselves.
>
> Just imagine what we're talking about if you really want to define this
> in terms of the 13 colonies.  Every home with an adult male would have at
> least one gun, and that male would have at least rudimentary military
> training.  If we limit the right to bear arms to this context, we would
> have to expand the proliferation of guns.
>
> I know you're interpreting the amendment so that it implies this right is
> only in effect within the context of a well-organized militia -- thus we
> would not possess this right outside that.  But the language of the text
> is intended to exclude banning the possession of guns by the populace.
>
> If it'll make you happier, we can make participation in a state militia
> and gun ownership mandatory for all adults :)
>
> <<we are no longer fighting the british, put your guns away, boys.
>
> mathew.>>
>
> no one said we were :)
>
> Jim
>
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