OT: found an interesting thread about gun control on another forum

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Mathias_Ice:
Bah! Don't get me started on this topic! The state next to me just passed a conceal and carry law. Major flaw of it is it doesn't apply to inside a school. Seems that is the place it would be most effective. It might make some of those gun tottin' thug punks think twice about pulling a piece on a teacher knowing that teacher might be packin'... especially after the first couple punks catch a 10mm slug in the chest.

It is my firm belief that the second amendment was designed not so much with the idea of the citizenry protecting itself from each other but from the Federal Govt. So not only can they have my gun when they pry it from my cold dead hands, but also my gernades, Claymores, C-4, RPG's, AT and AP mines, and surplus M 113!

LOL! Yes, few people these days bother to point out that the Second Amendment says 'arms' not 'guns'... It's plain that the idea was for the real strength of the military to always be in the hands of the civilian population (which was the reason for 'no standing armies' as well). Once upon a time farmers would have actual weapons of war like cannons just sitting in their yards. They could not have anticipated in that era how specialized and expensive heavy weaponry would become.