Brian Williams wrote:
> Actually the Federal Government was never granted a monopoly on
> force. The Second Amendment is specifically designed to prevent
> such a monopoly. When your individual citizens have the right to
> keep and bear arms, and the right to organize into militias, the
> governments ability to use force is limited.
Did you know that the right to bear arms derives from the french, who
inspired much of the American democratic model? There was a slight change
however; the original french version enshrines the right to frogs legs.
Emlyn (ducking rotten vegetables)
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