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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
44 million gun owners, that is around 25% of the population. not so scary
a government that chooses to anhihilate it's own populace with nuclear weapons will not be stopped by an army of citizens, no shit. but that will not happen. a government a tyrannical government is much more likely to send in the national guard or the marines, essentially having citizens fight citizens. in that scenario, 44 million gun owners with 225 million guns would scare the fuck out of a tyrannical government.
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yeah but that's too much paranoias. you have now a federal army plus the national guards on each state.
the 2nd amendment is effectively a legal fossil...
i'm actually reading about it online right now. a lot of interesting material. so i'll post later cos right now everything in my head is half-baked
the wikipedia entry is a good starter cos it provides for many links to outside sources
check it out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution