On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Adam Churvis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have always thought that the intention of the Second Amendment was > three-fold: to establish that the states needed their own militia, that > the > citizens were that militia, and that *both* the states' militia and the > individuals making up those militia had the right to keep and bear arms, > both jointly and severally. I'm reading 1776 right now. Great book, I'm just at the point now where General Washington is leading a campaign across the Delaware. Just thinking about how the constitution was created, right before additional British reinforcements landed in Boston. In thinking they needed to protect their nation by all means necessary. You kinda get the idea how how the second amendment got enough legs to be instated in the first place. Lets say something goes seriously wrong in society, nation wide. The give or take 700,000 police officers may not be able to handle all of the population. It's like a riot in the streets, but you have no where to run. While we could care less about our physical belongings, the people themselves may not be safe. Worse than a civil war as it would be anarchy. No one wants to believe something like this could happen but if it did, I would sure like to have a firearm and ammo to protect myself. Weather it's sitting in my house, venturing out to find water and food. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
