[GGCoolPeopleTalk] Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre

[tim elliott]

*Second Amendment:*  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.
 How does that translate to handguns for private use; it seems that the
right to guns ties in with the citizen militia, not the nutcase who has to
have 6 dozen assorted pistols, rifles,rocket launchers, etc
tim


On 4/20/07, nick at thecompletesheet.com <nick at thecompletesheet.com> wrote:
>
> I do stand corrected about this latest nutcase.  He had some psychological
> problems I wasn't aware of when I made my original post.
>
> But by the same token, he was deemed to be not a threat to anyone else.
>
> And you'd never get away with denying the Second Amendment rights of
> anyone who's been clinically deemed not dangerous.  Lawsuit, lawsuit,
> lawsuit.
>
> The unscientific basis for my position is the fact that you just never see
> stories with the headline "armed man stops crime".
>
> I remember an episode of "All in the Family" where Archie got to do an
> opinion piece on the evening news.  His solution to airline hijackings was
> to "arm all the passengers".
>
> It was supposed to be a joke, obviously, but there are still people who
> think that way.
>
>
> --Nick
>
>
>
>
> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
> >From:         M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
> >To:           BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> >Sent: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:03:35
> >
> >nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM writes:
> >
> >> I almost wish they'd arm everyone, just so the
> >people who think
> >> everybody SHOULD be armed could see what a dumb
> >idea that would be.
> >
> >> "No, we'd only arm law-abiding citizens".  Yeah,
> >like the Virginia
> >> Tech gunman was.  .  .  before he killed 32
> >people.
> >
> >Hey Ref! If I'm to keep quiet then the other side
> >should keep quiet
> >too...
> >
> >Short answer: those of us who think law-abiding
> >adults have a duty
> >to arm themselves to protect themselves and others
> >and stop crime do
> >believe that those with a medical history of bats
> >in the belfry should
> >be refused legal firearms.
> >
> >See the NY Times article analysing the 102 US
> >rampage kilers since the
> >war. All had either mental history or a history of
> >making public and
> >violent threats.
> >
> >FoFP
>



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