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   From: trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 8/11/2013 7:08 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   > Murff  wrote in news:l5gq91$o79$4@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > While true, much of that military force (regular, reserve or   
   > paramilitary) is us.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Of course, I don't carry a gun because I fear my government (although   
   > many in my government seem to fear me because I do.) I carry guns to   
   > reduce crime in my immediate vicinity that threatens me or my family.  So   
   > far, they have done so rather well.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   **I go for a run every day around the block (4km) to keep crime down in   
   my neighbourhood. So far, it has worked perfectly.   
      
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   Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au   
      
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