Re: Guns and Slaves

Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Thu, 27 May 1999 15:31:32 -0500

Date sent:      	Thu, 27 May 1999 13:03:15 -0700
To:             	extropians@extropy.com
From:           	Jerome <freeman@well.com>
Subject:        	Re: Guns and Slaves
Send reply to:  	extropians@extropy.com

> 'No slave shall keep any arms whatever,
> nor pass, unless with written orders
> from his master or employer, or in his company,
> with arms from one place to another.
>
> Arms in possession of a slave contrary to
> this prohibition shall be forfeited
> to him who will seize them.'
>
> -A Bill Concerning Slaves, Virginia Assembly, 1779
>

Do you feel that the prohibition against owning a thermonuclear weapon, or Anthrax bacillus, or Sarin, or C-4, or Botulinin toxin, or even a submachine gun, renders you a slave? Then you have a pretty stultified and monochromatic view of what freedom's all about.