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Adams and jefferson were at odds quite a bit. I'll look forward to getting
this book at the county library.
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From: Elizabeth H. Thiers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:08 PM
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Subject: Re: another shooting
Actually,
I've been reading a great book by David McCollough (sp?) called John Adams.
It gives a little more rounded debate on this topic and puts it into
historical context. Being that Jefferson thought that every country should
have a revolution every now and then to shake things up (this from a man who
did not participate in any of the fighting). Vs. Adams who was much more
into developing a well ordered society that ensured from the beginning that
those with the most whether money, ambition or talent would not be able to
repress those that had less.
Basically, in the short version, there's more to that story.
Beth the OT
> Subject: Re: another shooting
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> You know the founding fathers had a reason for the firearms clause in the
> 2nd amendment. It was not to protect the rights of people to have a gun to
> hunt, it was not even to protect the right to have a gun to protect
> yourself from criminals (even though these are legitimate uses for guns)
it
> was put that so that the populance would have guns to protect themselves
> from,,,, GOVERNMENT.... OUR FOUNDING FATHERS assumed that a well armed
> populance would overthrow a government that got too oppressive.
>
> Amazing what you learen reading the writing of the founders, is it any
> surprize that an opressive government either limits what you can read or
in
> our case see to it that most people do not learn to read.
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