On Feb 6, 2007, at 4:02 PM, john harvey wrote:
> Their main job was anything but being military. That was a
> secondary or even
> tertiary duty. They weren't just there to fight foreign armies, but
> to be
> ready to fight tyranny, from within or without.
Everything from that period that I've read drew a distinct line
between militias and standing armies. Militias were not used for wars
against other countries; they were used for domestic problems.
> I believe an armed society
> is a polite society. Currently, we have armed thugs, armed cops and
> a few
> ordinary citizens. Get a gun or two or ten, learn to use them and
> teach your
> kids!
We have such an armed society to use as our model. Guns are
plentiful in Iraq these days, and nearly everyone has one or can get
one. Ah, yes, what a polite society! And if we ship even more weapons
there, it will become an even more polite and genteel place!
-- Ed Leafe
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