[thechat] Bowling for Columbine

[isaac]

But what are even the hardcore gun-lovers with 15-20 pieces each going to do
against the type of technology the US military possesses?

Drone spycraft with bombing capabilities, armoured vehicles, etc.

An automatic weapon is hardly going to help you then.

Realistically, you'd have to think it's time to give up on the fanciful
"protect ourselves from the government" notion, right?

Might as well relax this personal arms race.



> 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