Remember, the military are people like the rest of us, what are the chances of the US Military firing on a crowd of US citizens defending the constitution.
Each soldier takes an oath to defend the constitution and the people of the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic. When the government attempts to remove freedoms from the people and the people take up arms, who is the enemy of the constitution? It sounds like the government, which forces the soldier with the rest of us. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:03 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Poll was(RE: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban) > > Even if you did want to overthrow the govt, a piddly assault weapon would > be > pretty useless against the sophistocation of the us military. However, > back > in the day, having a gun was a great equalizer- if you had a rifle, you > were > probably more accurate than the brits with their muskets. The conclusion > is > that times have changed. Overthrowing the govt with a gun is no longer an > option even if you have a gun. Now maybe overthrowing the microsoft > tyranny. . . > DRE > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5