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In article <PwyiLc3w165w@burger.wimsey.com>
orion@burger.wimsey.com (Orion) writes:
 
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>> In what other country is it openly argued that gun control is a bad
>> idea because it makes it harder for people to engage in armed
>> rebellion?  Ironically, most of this sort of rhetoric goes on to say
>> that people need the option of armed rebellion to make sure that the
>> government doesn't take away their right to possess firearms!
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>> (I don't know of Canadians share in this same spirit with USAnians; my
>> impression based on little data is that they're more rebellious than
>> Europeans but less than USAnians.)
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>Well, to be factual...a armed citizenry is probably more than just the
>"best" defense against tyranny: it's quite possibly the ONLY defense. And
>the government taking away the right of private citizens to own firearms
>would effectively spell the end of Canadian democracy as we know it (show
>me a TRUE democracy that doesn't allow private citizens (of _any_ ethnic
>class or background) to own firearms...and isn't a conquered 'aggressor
>nation, and ask yourself which is 'cause' and which is 'effect'.
 
Perhaps.  I guess America's founders believe that the armed citizenry made
the revolution possible and served to keep government in check.
 
>But to answer the original question: the Americans are different from us
>for the same reason that they so vehemently resist the very *notion* of
>any form of socialism...because THEY had to fight for their independance,
>while we had ours handed to us (in my humble opinion, anyway).  :)
 
Well, that's a little oversimplified, but not entirely without merit.  I
think America was founded on principles of individualism, and principles
die hard.  I think there are some areas where it *should* die and some where
it must be staunchly defended.
 
When it comes to privacy and security issues, I'll side with the individual
evry time, for example.
 
 
Tim Irvin, Programmer/Analyst/Dinosaur Jockey
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc., Sunnyvale, California
Proud Warrior of the GenX Army--13th Brigade, Division #100865
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