Hi Deri,

   You said just what I thought!! - Also since the feds have a well equipped military - not sure what a handgun can do against a tank or APC, or Hummer - macine gun, etc.  I am sure the founders never imagined the kind of weapons we have today or we would all have the constitutional right to a bomb shelter, and mandatory military service. I am truly curious what actual percentage of Amercian own a gun - beyond the military and police, FBI, CIA and other alphabet soup agencies. 

   How are things across the pond these days?

                                     Trisha


> On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 4:38 pm, you wrote:
> > as far as gun control. putting all the bs about
> > hunting and sceet shooting aside where it should be.
> > the founders put gun ownership in so the future
> > oppresive governments could be overthrown.
> >
> 
> Hmm, difficult to fight off Poison Gas and other WMD (which your gov has) with
> handguns, at the time the founders wrote that they were saying the populace
> should have the same weapons as the gov. Personal Nukes? Luverly!!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Deri