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   On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:19:58 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >UCLAN wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 4/20/2013 6:41 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> * 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.   
   >> >   
   >> > So, I take it that you believe the Freedom of Speech clause in the First   
   >> > Amendment only applies to speaking from atop a soapbox at the local park   
   >> > (no voice amplification), handwritten letters and documents/newspapers/   
   >> > books printed using a screw press. It does not apply to radio, television,   
   >> > modern high speed printing presses, the Internet or anything involving   
   >> > amplification, electronics or any other technology developed since the   
   >> > late 1700s?   
   >>   
   >> I'll assume from the above that you believe that assault weapons are   
   >> protected by the Second Amendment. If so, where do you draw the line?   
   >> Bazookas? Grenade launchers? A tank parked in my front yard?   
   >   
   >   
   >   There are quite a few tanks in private collectors hands.  I've heard   
   >that a Russian built MIG is also in a private plane collectors hands.   
      
   Yes, and several US fighters are in private hands, also.  I've seen   
   several MiGs and a few F86s at shows.  I believe there is also an F104   
   Starfighter in private hands.  They're pretty rare but with the cost   
   of ownership, that's really not surprising.   
      
   >There are people who build and fire cannons.  A bazooka is long   
   >obsolete.  It was replaced with the LAW.  Any weapon, short of a nuke   
   >that any government has, can be built in a decent metal shop.   
      
   Perfectly legally, too.  One must have a license to own them, however   
   (and they can't be sold, if manufactured in the past several decades).   
      
   >   Have you ever read the oath that the US military takes?  It includes   
   >'To defend the United States from enemies, foreign & domestic'.   
   >   The 'Well Regulated Militia', also has that charge.   
      
   Quite true, but facts will never penetrate the leftist's skull.   
      
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