"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:52:48 -0400, willshak
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How many gun owners belong to a "well regulated militia"?
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This is simply another red herring for a yet another "gun grab."

The idea of armed and trained citizens united in well-regulated
and organized local militia units strikes terror in the hearts of
politicians and political functionaries everywhere.

Oh, I doubt that. Is there some historical support for that, say, in the
first years after our independence? There sure were plenty of armed citizens
around.

Say, George, have you gotten any surprise calls from the NRA lately? I got
one last evening, intended for my wife. How they got her on the list I'll
never know. It was either AARP or the NJ Education Association. g

Anyway, this sweet young thing named Angel asked if I had time to hear from
Wayne and I said sure, I hadn't talked to him in nearly 20 years and it
would be a pleasure. Wayne came on the phone and started talking but he
didn't let up when I talked back. He acted as if he didn't even hear me. I
guess we had a bad connection.

Wayne was running on about some new bill, H.R. 1022 I think, that the
Democrats from Hell had introduced, which must be something awful. If I
heard him correctly it allows registered Democrats to slit my throat and
disembowel me if I'm caught with a gun, or something like that. Anyway,
Wayne was talking a mile a minute (the guy still has *some* energy) and then
he left. Another sweet young thing came back on and seemed surprised that I
was still there. She said she needed for me to take out a five-year
membership for the limited-time price of $100. I started to tell her about
why I had not renewed my NRA membership but it obviously didn't interest
her, so I changed the subject. I wanted to know how everybody at HQ was
doing, and how the gun-rights battle is going.

I don't think she was equipped to answer that but she filled in by offering
me something if I re-upped; it sounded like some kind of Swiss Army knife. I
haven't had one of those so I was intrigued. Then she threw in the real coup
de grace: a gen-you-wine, rosewood-handled NRA knife. This excited me. I
didn't even wait to hear if it was a sheath knife or a folding knife. I just
pictured myself whipping out a knife with "NRA" on the side at a client
meeting in NYC, cleaning my fingernails with it while discussing market
shares or something.

So I told her OK. This appeared to nearly knock her off her seat. I had my
choice of magazines (no Playboy, unfortunately, and they didn't offer
Harper's or Mother Jones), so I went for trusty old _American Rifleman_.
It's time for me to catch up on the new technology, especially those
1,000-yard woodchuck guns. I could sit on a hill near hear and cover half
the county with one of those, which may be just a fantasy but it's something
that definitely would be easier on my legs than walking all over hell. I
would have scoffed at those things 20 years ago but no more. I'm tired of
walking.

Before she hung up she asked if I wanted to contribute another $15
specifically to take out a political contract on Hillary. I told her don't
push it.

I wonder how long before I get the Swiss Army thingie and the real prize, my
NRA knife? I can't wait.

--
Ed Huntress