the iraqis have done wery well as snipers, etc and
you leftist are quick to point that out. the russians
faced down an army armed with tanks. the russians army
had nucks. they did not use them for the same reasons
that american governments would not use them. they
have to live on the land that would be rendered
useless for their lifetimes.
  if it were not for history you guys would have good
points.

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.=20
>
>    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.
> > >
> >=20
> > 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!!
> >=20
> > Cheers
> >=20
> > Deri


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