response 311 of 404:

Jan 21 06:34 UTC 2006

cross, you wrote, and I quote...

"That said, the second amendment is outdated.  Hunting rifles and 
revolvers are not going to contributed to a well-ordered and equiped 
militia in this day and age.  This sort of thing comes from the days 
where members of the US military supplied their own weapons and 
uniforms (yes, there was such a "time).

This in no way invalidates what the second ammendment was put in for.  
It isn't there to require you be a member of the militia to own a gun.  
It is there to make sure you are able to defend yourself and your 
family from a government gone wild.

"It's like this.  If you're one of those Ruby Ridge whackos with a 
bunch of 9mm handguns and some paramilitary camp in the mountains, and 
they sent me in with my equipment, weapons, and body armor, 
well...shoot at me all you want, but I guarantee that the bullets will 
bounce off of me and stick to you."

What I am pointing out to you is that your armored vest is not going to 
stop a .300 remington, nor is your face shield going to stop a .30-06  
You are not a tank nor an armored vehicle, and people in this country 
carry ammo just as big or bigger than anything you carry, and those 
trained from an early age in how to shoot can probably outshoot most 
marines.  I know I can, because I have done it.

And that Ruby ridge wacko was a veteran Green Beret.  And we won't get 
into why you think it is okay for the FBI to shoot a boys dog, shoot 
the boy in the back killing him, and then have a sharpshooter kill an 
unarmed woman holding a baby.  Houriuchi should have been tried as a 
criminal, as should the managers of that debacle.