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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
"enfeebled" old ladies also own guns and use them to stop intruders and rapists and killers as well.
remember, when people say there are 250 million guns in the USA, that doe snot mean 250 million people with guns.
Like i stated before, most gun owners own more than one gun and in many cases many many guns. That would leave you with about 40% of the population owning a firearm.
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the actual stats are over 44 milion gun owners
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Remmeber Katrina. Remmeber the lawlesness that occurred after that catastrophe. In a situation such as that, and think beforre you say that it is a rare ituation, for it can happen to anyone anywhere at any time, you want to b able to defend yourself with DEADLY FORCE if need be. what if a foreign power sends nukes and destroys the 10 largest metroplexes? what if a force 5 hurricane wipes out the eastern seaboard like it did the gulf coast a few years ago?
there is much more to be concerned with in our RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS than just accidental gun deaths.
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the right to bear arms is not equivalent to the right to self-defense. the right to self-defense did not require a constitutional amendment.
the right to bear arms has to do with the ability of the state to organize a militia because in the earlier days the u.s. didn't have a proper army.
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also because states wanted the option to raise their own militias against a federal army. the bill of rights limits the power of the federal govenment, which was enabled by the constitution to raise a standing army.
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all that shit blew up during the civil war
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
there are more accidental deaths in the home each year from falling than from handguns. accidents happen. catatsrophes happen. tyrants HAPPEN. sure, one handgun against a tyrant army will do nothing, but a state like texas, with 25 million people, armed against a tyrant? come on. No army in the world would take that on. it is why we are so deadly afraid of china.
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a hydrogen bomb can destroy 25 million handguns. sorry. you might as well fight with toothpicks.
oh, and then there's the neutron bomb. that one is priceless. leaves all the shit intact, only people die.