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   From: murff@warlock.org   
      
   On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:20:05 -0600, Johnny Johnson wrote:   
      
   > In article , Murff    
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> [T]rying to solve *political* problems ad {SIC} deal with *political*   
   >> adversaries by the use of  firearms is not very clever.   
   >>   
   > "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." --Mao Tse-tung   
      
   That is one of the places it can, yes. OTOH he was talking about the   
   creation of political power essentially (given China's history up until   
   his revolution) out of a vacuum.   
      
   What amuses me about certain Americans' association of guns and political   
   freedom is the assumption that military force (regular, reserve or   
   paramilitary) wouldn't be deployed by a suitably-provoked government.   
      
   Personal armaments as a security measure seems to me to make sense in a   
   big country with relatively few police, and with a large enough supply of   
   criminals with their own arms to be a concern. Personal armaments in   
   defence of rights against a government with tanks and attack helicopters   
   is relying heavily on the political process and the law.   
      
   --   
   Murff...   
      
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