Ed Huntress wrote:
Tom Quackenbush wrote in message
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If I don't trust my neighbors enough to own guns, how can I trust
them to keep our Republic?

I've wrestled with that one many times, Tom. And I have to admit that I've
had some neighbors who I *don't* trust with a gun. Or with a paring knife,
for that matter.

What you're saying sounds good and I'd like to believe it. But I'm not sure
that I do.

You might be right. I hope not.

Some of our citizens are idiots, I'm sure. I wouldn't trust some of
them near me with a gun, or a chain saw or a car, for that matter. In
a general sense, though, I think that we have to trust our fellow
citizens until they prove themselves untrustworthy.

Like I said, you might be right - but if it's citizens can't be
trusted, how long can a democratic republic last? Self governance is
at least as big a responsibility as wielding a paring knife, no?

R,
Tom Q.

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