[BenLurkin]

All the more reason for the American militia to remain fully armed.

[SierraWasp]

I'm not sure I wholly agree. I fear the temptation of such a body to get bored and start taking the law into their own hands. Politics is the way we change things, resist things, revolt against injustices, etc., in the USA. Not through armed force, or the threat of it!!!

As frustrated as I get, I still prefer pursuasion to coercion or the threat of violence. Look what the "militia" called Hezbollah is doing for Lebanon, today! That's not very smart. It may be quick and bloody, but it ain't very smart!!! And I don't think it's even effective in the long run, do you?