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Does 2nd Amendment give right to armed revolt?
heraldandnews.com ^ | 13 January, 2013 | Joel Mathis

Posted on 01/14/2013 4:08:51 PM PST by marktwain

The renewed debate over gun rights that has followed the massacre of elementary schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., has included scrutiny over why gun advocates believe they need a right to bear arms. Among the reasons: Many advocates believe that individual gun ownership helps preserve American liberty, making government fearful of trampling on rights of its citizens. If government goes too far, the argument goes, Americans have the right to revolt by force.

Is that argument correct? Or does it belong to fringe gun enthusiasts?

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloodoftyrants; constitution; govtabuse; guncontrol; revolution; secondamendment; tyranny; youwillnotdisarmus
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To: Tublecane

I guess you are a L. Neil Smith follower.

If you are not, then I bet you would like reading his “Probability Broach” which is available on line at ‘bigheadpress.com’

My view are different, but he at least goes into some aspects of how we got to where we are, compared to where we might be.


121 posted on 01/15/2013 9:23:50 PM PST by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: Tublecane

and it should be noted that when Lincoln called for 75,000 men, Jeff Davis had previously called for 100,000.

Lincoln was hoping to avoid war. The slave power demanded one.


122 posted on 01/15/2013 10:18:54 PM PST by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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