On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:56:13 -0700, John Ings
wrote:

On Sat, 15 May 2004 17:47:04 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

You still havent gotten the clue that the Militia is NOT the National
Guard.

It isn't the Home Guard either!

Brits aren't paranoid about states rights the way Americans are.
They don't feel that they have to be armed to keep a federal
government off their backs.


Subjects seldom do.

One should note the origins of gun control in the UK. Seems the Lords
of the Rlhem didn't want the pesky Reds coming across the Channel and
ultimately tossing them out on their asses.

So between the royalty and the Bolsheviks, they got a really nice
Socialist Kingdom going for themselves nowadays. Seems almost a
contradiction in terms don't it?

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's
cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays
there.
- George Orwell