[CLUE-Talk] Bowling for Columbine

[Dennis J Perkins]

David Anselmi wrote:
> Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>> 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
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North Dakotans made the same joke.  We had a lot of missiles there.