On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:27:47 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:31:58 -0500, the infamous Don Foreman
scrawled the following:

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:47:28 -0600, Steve Ackman
wrote:



The fact that he can does not mean he should in some circumstances.
His right to free speech would not make his shouting of epithets at a
church picnic less offensive.

I think I already asked this, but what better venue
to make a political statement than a political rally?

Good point. My point is simply that this form of political statement
may have effect opposite from that intended. The incident certainly
has been noticed in places far removed from Arizona where such
behavior may indeed be unremarkable. But then, it's only a statement
if it's remarkable, right?

Don, the politicians have been doing whatever the f*ck they feel like
for decades now and the people are finally starting to stand up for
themselves and voice their anger. The act of carrying arms to a
political rally was one of the little cues they're using to alert the
politicians to this. Do you really think their statement went
unnoticed, or was misconstrued?

By someone, sure! There are several different interpretations of what
the statement was right here in this thread. What do *you* think the
statement was? You hint at it and dance around it but don't really
make a simple declarative statement. Was it that if the politicians
don't do what angry citizens want them to do then the citizens will
shoot them? If not that, than pls explain the reference to the
cartridge box.


I remembered "From the soapbox, to the ballot box, to the cartridge
box" but just found this. The open letter is _great_! Gotta read
deeper. http://fiveboxes.com . The site says "There are five boxes
to use in the defense of Liberty: The Soap Box, the Mail Box, the
Ballot Box, the Jury Box, and the Ammunition Box. Please use them in
that order."

How exactly does one use ammunition in the defense of liberty, aside
from combat with armed attackers/invaders? Who gets shot and what
about their liberty?

When armed citizens start to hint, either by action or statement, that
they would turn their arms against elected government, then more
peaceful citizens may well decided that the "well-regulated militia"
is not regulated nearly well enough. Obama and the gungrabbers would
love a bunch of that!