Re: Guns possessed by citizens and the State


"Charles L" <tjf00@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Which is of more concern, firearms in the hands of private citizens or
> firearms in the hands of the State?

**Private citizens, of course. In the US, there are nearly 10,000 gun
related homicides each and every year.

>
> Who has the worst record when it comes to the misuse of firearms?

**How far back do you want to go?

>
> By whom is citizen's liberty more effectively protected?

**Huh? Re-phrase in a way that makes sense please.

>
> Is the State frightened by citizens being armed?

**Not in the slightest.

If so, why?
>
> If firearm ownership by citizens is banned or hampered with onerous
> restrictions (which amounts to the same thing really) can citizens trust
> the
> State with it's firearms?

**It makes no difference. The state (in all Western, developed nations) has
VASTLY more firepower than all the private citizens put together. All
private citizens can hope to do, is be a minor inconvenience. The state is
more threatened by the ballot box in all Western, Democratic nations. THAT
is where REAL power resides. The vote, not the barrel of a gun.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au


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