On Sun, 16 May 2004 14:25:05 -0700, John Ings
wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2004 10:47:07 -0700, "Those Minds"
wrote:
I don't know of any varmits in North America that really need an
assault rifle to keep them under control, even in Alaska.
It's not a matter of "need". If I want an "assault rifle" (please define
that) it is my own business, not anyone elses. As long as I break no laws,
kill no people, or destroy no property, then there is no reason to prevent
me from owning one.
The discussion (or perhaps acrimoneous debate) is about whether there
should BE such a law, and how it should define "assault rifle" .
So if you kill no people and destroy no property there's no reason to
prevent your having which of the following?
Automatic weapons?
Hand grenades?
Anti-tank rocket launchers?
20 mm cannon?
A flamethrower?
Claymore mines?
Anti-personnel mines?
Anti-tank mines?
All individual arms suitible for militia use. Btw..they are indeed
legal in the US (most states) for private individuals to own. Many
thousands are. A $200 tax stamp plus the cost of the weapon.
Tactical nuclear weapons?
Not an individual arm suitable for individual usage. Not even in the
Miltiaries of the world are individuals issued Nukes.
TITLE 10 Subtitle A PART I CHAPTER 13 Sec. 311. Next
Sec. 311. - Militia: composition and classes
(a)
The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at
least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title
32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of
intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female
citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b)
The classes of the militia are -
(1)
the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the
Naval Militia; and
(2)
the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia
who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia
Every poster here who is American and is not a felon, a politician or
a member of the National Guard, is a member of the unorganized militia
and is subject to call up at any time. Even those over the age of 45
since the age discrimination laws were passed G
Nor are they state militia unless formally inducted into such. Many
states do indeed have a forma State militia.
http://vikingphoenix.com/military/mi...w/lawusmil.htm
So John..why do you have a phobia against firearms? Your apparent
mental issues intrigue me.
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