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   From: trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 4/20/2013 2:29 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:   
   >   
   > Don Kelly wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 18/04/2013 8:36 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> **What part of "....well regulated militia..." do you not understand.   
   >>>   
   >>> Face it, the 2nd Amendment was written:   
   >>>   
   >>> * At a time when reload times were measured in MINUTES, not milliseconds.   
   >>> * At a time when accuracy of muzzle-loading weapons was inferior to a   
   >>> bow and arrow.   
   >>> * At a time when dangerous animals roamed free.   
   >>> * At a time when a vicious colonial power ruled America.   
   >>> * At a time when angry indigenous people roamed free.   
   >>> * At a time when refrigeration was unheard of.   
   >>>   
   >>> **Of course. Equally as moronic as those who defend the NRA and their   
   >>> gutless politicians they have in their pocket.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Thank you- some common sense coming out. (the vicious colonial power   
   >> excepted-the Mel Gibson movie is not a historically valid reference).   
   >> In a later time- prior to and after the war of 1812 fiasco- it was   
   >> expected that "Canadians" were to carry and use arms in defense of their   
   >> country.An obligation -not a right. It was always noted that, as a   
   >> frontier country, that there would be a need to have arms and training   
   >> in the use of these arms for defense was required (and the need for   
   >> providing fresh meat was also rather important).   
   >> What I don't understand is the need for an assault weapon for defense   
   >> dragging it out from under the pillow to shoot at the horde of home   
   >> invaders (or late returning children) who are after one's virtue ( if   
   >> their intention was otherwise they would solve this problem earlier)- or   
   >> for hunting (instant hamburger?). The term "assault" comes to mind.   
   >> These weapons are not intended for defense but are intended to throw a   
   >> lot of bullets in the assumed direction of an enemy. If someone innocent   
   >> gets in the way it is "collateral damage".   
   >> A gun registry may be of limited or no use. The banning of  weapons that   
   >> can spray a theater or school with bullets can help and doesn't infringe   
   >> on a right to bear arms. This wouldn't affect the responsible gun owners   
   >> but could reduce the availability of such weapons to the kooks.   
   >> I am not a US citizen and as such, all I can do is stand by in dismay at   
   >> what some; in a country I respect and whose people I have met and lived   
   >> with ( as well as claim as relatives) who are warm, helpful, friendly,   
   >> supportive of strangers and just good neighbors; have this gun fetish   
   >> based on ??   
   >   
   >   
   >    Guns aren't the problem, and it only takes a second or two to change a   
   > magazine, so the size doesn't make any difference if no one is shooting   
   > back.  The problem is that sleazy lawyers got 'rights' for the mentally   
   > ill to be on the streets.  A gun is a tool, and doesn't kill by itself.   
   > It takes an unstable person or criminal who places no value on human   
   > life to use one to maim or kill in cold blood.   
      
   **Which is why good, strong, sane, homogeneous gun control laws make a   
   great deal of good sense. Something that does not exist in the US.   
      
   >   
   >     People like 'Trevor' are responsible for creating 'Gun free zones'   
   > which are the perfect targets for shooting sprees where no one will   
   > shoot back.  He is down under, and has no business spouting off about   
   > gun control in the US.   
   >   
      
   **Sure I have. I get to say whatever I wish (within limits). I have   
   freedom of speech, despite what you would wish.   
      
   "Gun free zones". Gotta love that old NRA gobbledegook. You have been   
   comprehensively brainwashed.   
      
   --   
   Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au   
      
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