[CLUE-Talk] Bowling for Columbine

[David Anselmi]

Timothy C. Klein wrote:
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>>Well, if I'm going to do that, I need at the least defensive arms
>>sufficient against anything the U.S. military might use against me.
> 
> 
> This is the most powerful argument for gun possession, in my opinion.
> Sadly, today, it is a pipe dream.  Neither you, nor I, nor the next 20
> countries combined can catch up with the US gov't in terms of armaments.
> If we want to keep the government in check, we are going to have to make
> damn sure we have some other methods, because if we ever had to take up
> in armed revolt against the US gov't, God help us.

Heh.  When I worked on a ballistic missile submarine we used to joke 
about defecting to a deserted island and setting up shop as the world's 
third ranked nuclear power.

Dave