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>I feel the second amendment was created to prevent what I have
>personally witnessed throughout the world including:
>1)      the murder of defenseless civilians by serbian AND croat
>        militias in yugoslavia
>2)      the violent (clubbings and whippings) put down of peaceful
>        rallies in china (many years prior to Tiananmin Square)
>3)      the kidnappings and murders of civilians by police in
>        chile, argentina, spain, morocco, and romania
>4)      the beating by police of ethnic minorities in bulgaria,
>        romania, hungary, argentina, and austria
>All of the above incidents are perfect examples of how the
>government can use and abuse its power when the populace has
>no means to defend itself.........

>THAT is what I feel the purpose of the second amendment is for
>and THAT is also the purpose the founding fathers had as
>evidenced through reading 'The Federalist Papers'....

I could not agree with that more.  An arguement I can see posed is, "Gee, that 
will never happen here."  My answer, no it won't, so long as there is a second 
amendment.




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William Casperson ECNE                   the opinions expressed here are
wcaspers@bangate.compaq.com              mine and not those of Compaq
How do you expect me to remember something that was never membered in
the first place?