🚀 go-pugleaf

If the government wanted to take control by force it would be so easy
it's not even funny.

Turn off the electricity, water, stop picking up garbage, shut down
railroads, shipping, you name it.

Within, weeks the people would be begging for their precious
necessities.

Not one bullet would need to be fired.  

If it came to violence, we wouldn't stand a chance.  A couple of
squadrons of Apache helicopters would weaken any resistance in hours.

Considering that most major cities have military bases nearby, it
would be child's play organizing a swift attack.  

Now you're telling me, a bunch of Monday Night Football couch potatos
are going to stand up against that?  Bwahahahaha, I can see it now.
Honey, get the shotgun, I think I can pick off that Abrams if I hit
him just right.  :)  Please...  LOL

The whole protecting your rights with weapons is so passe'.

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 18:26:53 -0400, "QuadMajor[AGQ2]"
<nos...@nospam.net> wrote:

>There's another angle on this.  The military has guns.  If the
>government attemps a coup, and the people have no guns, how do they
>fight back?  They can't.
>
>The Constitution is after all only paper without someone to enforce it,
>and the people who could be counted on for that are the people whose
>rights it protects, the general public. 
>
>True, since the 2nd Amendment was passed new weapons technologies have
>developed, and every citizen can't own a stealth bomber, tank, and
>nuclear weapon.  But we should at least give the people a chance...
>
>
>Graham-Jafri Salvador wrote:
>> 
>> I'd just like to add that I don't get this thing with guns. Americans say
>> it's to protect themselves and their families, but really, is it that
>> dangerous not to possess a gun? Basically, the bad guys are the ones you
>> have to worry about, right? And usually, the bad guys are probably some
>> sort of criminals, right? Hmmm... okay.. what beats me is this.. neither
>> me or my friends have actually seen a hardcore criminal.. actually, my
>> home has even been robbed once, but did I see the criminal? No.
>> 
>> What I'm trying to say is that carrying guns just because you're afraid
>> of criminals is like buying a box of rats because you fear elephants will
>> come down and demolish your home. That's how I feel the situation in
>> Norway is, anyway. Is it really that different in the States? Are
>> criminals and bad guys that common?
>> --
>> Graham-Jafri Salvador
>> A cat won't die unless I kill it!