Posted by Eric on May 22, 1998 at 02:08:53:
In Reply to: A point of clarification.... posted by Tom Bowers on May 07, 1998 at 02:54:20:
: without all the vitriol and name calling;
: Our rights are ours because we live. They are inalienable. They are not given us by our legislature.
: The Second Amendment to the Constitution merely guarantees our rights of firearms ownership.
: When it's abolished, our rights will still remain inviolate, we will simply have to kill to keep them.
: That, in and of itself, is a perfectly proper reason to have capable military weapons.
: What I'm getting at is your wording that we're "allowed" to have them, and I hope I've clarified our founding father's intent for you.
: Take care,
: Tom