[thechat] Bowling for Columbine

[Chris Evans]

Isn't the whole point of the constitional right to bear arms the right
of the people to protect themselves?  Article II :"A well regulated
Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of
the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".  As it is
closely followed by Artivle III, talking about housing soldiers in
people's homes, I always read it as the right of the people to protect
the Free State from an over reaching government.  In that case, I'd be
happier having an automoatic weapon than a silly six-shooter.

I wonder how, and if, the founding fathers thought about citizens of the
free state using the weapons upon each other.  I need to do more
constituional research.  I really wish I could see in the minds of those
men.

Chris Evans
chris at unhappyfun.com



Erik Mattheis wrote:
> On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 04:02 PM, isaac wrote:
>
>> My favourite part of Bowling for Columbine was Chris Rock's comedic
>> routine
>> about the price of bullets.
>
>
> The opening line to the routine was classic: "Guns don't kill people,
> bullets kill people!"
>
> On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 04:15 PM, Ken Kogler wrote:
>
>> You don't see people keeping bows/arrows for self-defense, do you?
>
>
> Have to admit I don't know of any instances, but lots of people keep
> baseball bats and such in handy locations for such a purpose. I used to
> before I moved into a second floor apartment in a building where my
> neighbors don't prop the outer door open with a brick. And I have no
> problem with someone trained and responsible in firearm safety keeping
> a gun for self-defense. I'm on the fence on the issue of outlawing
> handgun ownership by private citizens. Seems to me that a rifle would
> be just as effective in self-defense, and far harder to commit many
> types of crimes with. And for those who enjoy using handguns for target
> shooting could rent them at the range, much like most people who enjoy
> aiming at bowling pins don't actually own their own bowling balls.
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