Subj : Re: obamas gun fight
To : Tim Richardson
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Wed Jan 20 2016 10:05 am
Hi, Tim Richardson!
I read your message from 18.01.2016 11:21
ak>> armed citizenry able to resist and overthrow a tyrannical
ak>> government."
TR> What's wrong with that? Does the thought of Americans being armed
TR> and able to resist a tyrant who tries to impose a dictatorial
TR> government on us upset your view of how *you* think we should live?
TR> Some people lived on their knees before dictatorships and
TR> repression of free thought for so long, and are so used to living
TR> that way, they think Americans should want to live that way as
TR> well. And the fact that we possess the means of preventing an out
TR> and out dictator establishing a hold over us seems to upset the
TR> rest of the world.
If a state is really a strong democratic republic it can guarantee that
no tyrant will come to power. It is loaded into the basement of the
state structure itself - no need for citizens to keep submachine guns
under their pillows. One person have a limited power in the US.
In other words if a railway company is good you don't need to take
spanners while taking a ride on the train.
TR>>> Trouble is... pretty much all those who whine about ordinary
TR>>> Americans owning their own guns, standing at a microphone
TR>>> thundering against the Second Amendment, are usually surrounded
TR>>> by plain clothes body guards who are armed to the teeth!
ak>> The only hope is that they follow their promises given during the
ak>> election campaign. They could demand gun restriction on behalf
ak>> their electorate only. So democracy must show itself.
TR> We aren't a `democracy'. We are a `democratic republic'.
Above I've already told what I think of a democratic republic.
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TR>>> Not a single teacher was armed and able to engage a gunman who
TR>>> was `harming the children'.
TR>>> At Sandy Hook even the security guard was `un'armed! And the
TR>>> children died!
ak>> I think that the probability that a teacher will kill his students
ak>> in temper is higher than the probability he will defend them from
ak>> a terrorist. :) A teacher should be unarmed, as a researcher who
ak>> is going to study savages in the jungle. More chances for
ak>> negotiations. :)
TR> To my knowledge no teacher has ever gone off in a school and
TR> slaughtered a classroom full of students.
Yeah, they don't carry guns yet. ;-)
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TR> If you are a foreigner and live in a foreign country, please stay
TR> there and continue to be `controlled' by whatever dictator who
TR> rules you. We don't need you here. We already have enough leftist
TR> democrats who want to disarm the general public, control us in
TR> every aspect of our lives, and micromanage our existence. We don't
TR> need another one.
Of course it is up to you to decide. I mean up to Americans. But if the
majority wants to introduce strict arm control? Does the voice of the
majority means anything in your country?