re some more about gun control in article apr mtu edu cescript mtu edu charles scripter writes in article c bu m k ulowell ulowell edu jrutledg cs ulowell edu john lawrence rutledge wrote excellent exchange deleted it seems to me the whole reason for the second amendment to give the people protection from the us government by guaranteeing that the people can over through the government if necessary is a little bit of an anachronism is this day and age maybe its time to re think how this should be done and amend the constitution appropriately abraham lincoln first inaugural address march this country with its institutions belongs to the people who inhabit it whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it rep elbridge gerry of massachusetts spoken during floor debate over the second amendment i annals of congress at august what sir is the use of a militia it is to prevent the establishment of a standing army the bane of liberty whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people they always attempt to destroy the militia in order to raise an army upon their ruins so now we know which category mr rutledge is in he means to destroy our liberties and rights what i find so hard to understand is how come some people apparantly not connected with government or otherwise privileged will go to great lengths redefinitions re interpretations in a full bore attempt to throw away the protection of their own rights under the constitution almost makes me think of lemmings running into the sea during a lemming year i really wonder that jefferson and madison would say to these folks when all government in little as in great things shall be drawn to washington as the centre of all power it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated thomas jefferson excellent quote pat rwing uucp without prejudice ucc pat myrto seattle wa if all else fails try uunet pilchuck rwing pat wisdom only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and i am not sure about the former albert einstien
