SergeGainsbourg
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- May 22, 2011
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Ok, I can accept this. But do you support the Second Amendment as a means of self-defense for you and your family from immediate danger or as a guard against a government gone astray? Because it is my understanding that this is what the militia is about and by not allowing the government to restrict weapons ownership, the government has to be somewhat afraid of the population rather than the reverse which was the case under the British.
I personally believe, as I feel the Founders did, that it's BOTH a means of immediate self-defense AND a guard against the governmental enemies, foreign and domestic. Due to that, the general public needs access to pretty much anything that the US Military has and definitely anything that the LEOs have access to.
I agree with you.
There have been a number of localities that have used policing powers to abuse the citizenry and because of the credibility of the allegations of wrong-doing against them, they have been forced to report to the US dept of justice. Some of these include the Newark Police Department, the NJ State Police, the Los Angeles Police Department. The excessive force used against minority citizens of majority white police officers in many of these cases is well documented. By putting more weaponry in the hands of these citizens, including RPGs that can bring down police helicopters that are used in these offenses, then perhaps there can be an end to this kind of government that the founding fathers feared.
Agreed?