US Finally Kills The 2nd Ammendment
Tim May
timcmay at got.net
Sat Jan 10 01:04:32 PST 2004
On Jan 9, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Nostradumbass at SAFe-mail.net wrote:
> Its hard to square the Founder's purpose of providing the common
> citizen, through a militia (which a National Guard), with an effective
> physical deterrent to governmental tyranny with many restrictions on
> the type of weapons a citizen in good standing may keep and bear.
> Though allowing the guy next door to own a nuke or a F-15 may be going
> too far, its not unreasonable for any of us to keep and bear any arm
> that our police forces (including S.W.A.T. teams) field.
Where does this "citizen in good standing" stuff come from? I see it a
lot from what I will call "weak Second Amendment" supporters. They talk
about "good citizens" and "law-abiding citizens" as having Second
Amendment rights.
If someone has been apprehended and convicted and imprisoned for a real
crime, then of course various of their normal rights are no longer in
forced. If, however, they are out of prison then all of their rights,
including speech, religion, assembly, firearms, due process, security
of their possessions and property, speedy trial, blah blah blah are of
course in force.
As a felon, which I am, do I not have First Amendment rights? As a
felon, and certainly not a citizen in good standing, have I lost my
other rights?
To all who say "Yes," including most of the Eurotrash collectivists
here, I say your legacy shall be smoke. Tens of millions, perhaps
billions, need to be sent up the chimneys.
>> --Tim May
"The great object is that every man be armed and everyone who is able
may have a gun." --Patrick Henry
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they
be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
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