On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:32:31 -0800, jo4hn
wrote:

Doug Winterburn wrote:
jo4hn wrote:
Doug Winterburn wrote:
Mark & Juanita wrote:
People still
die in fights, so the statists start looking for the next problem --
now
there are people in England seriously discussing regulating and banning
knives. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4581871.stm [You just can't
make this stuff up].

Baseball bats, screw drivers, chisels, tire irons and yes,
automobiles need to be banned. Perhaps after all the inanimate
objects have been controlled, boxing gloves should be required to be
worn at all times as fists are a dangerous weapon.

All those things were made for and have other uses. Guns have one
use: to kill or maim people and other animals. If you want boxing
gloves, you can't fire your gun.

Not sure what the Canuckistani (or other countries) founding fathers saw
as a use for firearms, but the US (old white) guys saw it a little
differently than you:

http://www.lizmichael.com/founding.htm

OK. If we are attacked by armies on our shores, I will take up arms.
Or do you believe that we are currently under such attack? In the post
revolution time frame, that pesky word "militia" keeps showing up.

....so does defence of property/self. *That's* the thrust. Hey, if
they hit the shores I expect the government to give my M-14
back...otherwise, my XD-40 is within reach from my front door. Times
have surely changed, but the concept of property and self-defence
haven't...yet.

cg


You might want to look at the autobio of Ms Michael at
http://www.lizmichael.com/biograph.htm. Interesting stuff.

mahalo,
jo4hn