> Am 24 Jun 17  21:28:53 schrob Lee Lofaso an TIM RICHARDSON zum Thema 
> 
> 
> LL> The majority of people want an end to all the violence that
> LL> is going on.  Too many guns in the hands of too many people.
> 
> Well, it's not too many people with guns, it's too many wrong ones.
> 
> LL> The states have the right to have a "well regulated militia" -
> LL> with the people in those militias having the right to "keep and
> LL> bear Arms".  But where does it say that all people throughout
> LL> the land have an absolute right to "keep and bear Arms" - with
> LL> no regulation of what kinds of arms they may own?
> 
> The second amendment was made up around 1780, when a well-trained
soldier could
> fire up to four rounds per minute, when it was still common to use
swords for
> fighting and the fastest means of transport was a horse. I case of an
invasion
> or a military coup, swords and muskets could just make scratches in the
> camouflage paint of the tanks. So, the current situation is a little
obsoloete
> and the question is, which way to go. Does everyone need RPGs and
guided ground
> to air missiles for self defense?

Depends on what the government is using to attack them.  The people
should have access to weapons at least as powerful as their government.

The problem isn't the weapons, it's American society.  I've been saying
that for over a quarter century now.

> Scratches on the paint will surely not make a tank driver turn around -
even if
> paint scratches are not covered by the insurance policy. :-)

Tanks are pretty much useless in an urban environment - and in a jungle
environment, as we discovered in Vietnam sixty years ago.  They're also
pretty much useless in terrain like North Korea and Switzerland.