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In <CynCAK.1z2@txnews.amd.com>, ricks@dvorak.amd.com (Rick Shank) writes:
>In article <wcaspers.56.0000C669@bangate.compaq.com>,
>William Casperson <wcaspers@bangate.compaq.com> wrote:
>>>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.........
>Oh yea?  Refering to each of the above:
>
>1)  The gangs are doing this throughout our country.
>
>2)  Kent State University in Ohio.  No less peaceful than Tiananmin really.
>
>3)  New Orleans Police Department, New York Police Department.
>
>4)  Los Angeles Police Department, New Orleans Police Department, New York
>	Police Department.
>	
>
>I have only touched the surface of similarities.  Things will only get worse
>as the government chips away at a person's right to defend themself.
>PS - I have never owned a gun and probably never will.  I don't like them.
>When you buy one, act responsibly.  Buy a gun - go shooting.  Get stupid with
>it - go to jail. 
>

The original intent still holds true. If every citizen were to arm themself 
in a 'gang neighborhood' and shoot to kill those that threatened them, your
gang problem would go away. (of course, you still need the law to back you
up (not police officers, they are too busy handing out tickets, by law, I
mean that you can't keep making the gang member who initiated the attack out
to be the victim - otherwise you end up with innocent citizens who were trying
to protect themselves in jail (because of vigilantism) and gang members who
get out the next day because shooting a person for no particular reason isn't
as bad as defending yourself).

I have no idea what is going on at Kent state university. I still think that
if people were armed, government will be a bit more stand-offish.

As for the police brutality, they do it because they can. Once again, if more
citizens were armed and the law (not police) stood behind them instead of
standing behind the 'bad guys' you would just about eliminate these problems.
(I say 'just about' because you are always going to have people who test the
system.)

Brad
bbishop@austin.ibm.com