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Old 02-23-2009, 06:47 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug View Post
Are you suggesting we all have a right to own every weapon used by the national guard? Seriously?
We have the right to arm ourselves to the point we could be effective foot-soldiers in a militia.

Your grandfather's bolt-action hunting rifle (sorry, someone else's grandfather's) does not allow you be an effective foot-soldier in a militia.

We really do live in a society where the cost of freedom is completely divorced from modern life. We have no draft. The military is populated by the poor and low-middle and middle-middle class. The word "citizen" doesn't mean anything.
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