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06-27-2008 #41Originally Posted by scroller
In addition, the term "well regulated" back then did NOT mean 1000s of pages of laws and regulations but rather meant trained and ready. And Militias then meant every able bodied adult male (16&up), NOT the national gurad, etc which only came into being in the 20th century.
It was a good and long needed ruling, by the same court, interestingly enough that the pres bashed recently for the gitmo ruling :P
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06-27-2008 #42
[quote=iloveshemales77]
Originally Posted by "BrendaQG
I personally feel that the framers of the constitution wanted the populace to at least theoretically be able to defend itself from a govt. gone mad.... [/quote
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06-27-2008 #43Originally Posted by El Nino
Also after an australian gun ban went into effect, home invasions went through the roof there!
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06-27-2008 #44Originally Posted by El Nino
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06-27-2008 #45Originally Posted by trish
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06-27-2008 #46Originally Posted by trish
The American colonials were actually MUCH BETTER armed than the British Army of the time. (not including cannon of course which is outside the scpoe of this subject)
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06-27-2008 #47Originally Posted by dbev
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06-27-2008 #48
Ahhh - excellent. I love watching the continuing decline of America and how it provides amusement to the rest of the developed world.
Like a car crash in slow motion ...
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06-27-2008 #49
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Originally Posted by cockgobbler
Criminal offenses with a firearm-1996/97-13,874
Criminal offenses with a firearm-2005/06-21,521, of which 3,275 involved imitation firearms and 10,437 involved air weapons.
By my math 21,521-13,712=7809, a decrease of 56%.
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-v...ime/gun-crime/
In Jamaica, in 2006 according to Amnesty International, there was over 1600 murders. More than 1300 of them were committed by someone using a handgun.
Homicide rates in Jamaica remained high, although numbers decreased in 2006. A total of 1,355 murders were committed during the year according to official figures, a decrease since 2005 of more than 20 per cent.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/ame...jamaica#report
People can make statistics back up almost any point of view, but only if the data is factual to begin with.
Alright Then.