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Tayefeth,
Yeah, I know about military hardware vs. civilian hardware, and I have no illusions about "self-defense", either. I too hope to be gone when the "Theocon Artists" take complete control, and being childless, I have no stake in that future. I am only trying to make a point that the r's are both clamping down on most individual rights while defending & enhancing gun owner's rights, a position that IMHO takes a good deal of cognitive dissonance to embrace. Remember, there's an awful lot of weapons out there in this country already and when the clampdown comes, not every bad guy will be military or protected by the military and in any case, certainly not 24/7.
Meanwhile I'm doing what I can, but there's not a whole lot - I know two people that constantly & gleefully vote time & time again against their own best interests and I'm trying to find something/anything that 1)is inarguably true that 2)will penetrate their armor, not to hurt them but to make them to seriously think about the stuff they say/think/believe. I'm hoping that the "Downing Street Memo" might be a worthy tool with which to whack the "liberal media" meme, at least the fact that they will not know of which I speak. May get a chance this weekend.
And last, my reconsideration of my previous position on firearm ownership is not about personal self-defense, it's about taking a few of their goons along with me should someone decide the camp needs another technician or something.

Interesting comments on a scary situation, all. My contribution is that there seems to be a certain schizophrenic aspect to the r's totalitarian power grab in that while they are doing so many things to get one-party rule they are also very protective of the general right to own guns. Not just 22's, either. Will this always be true or will they leave the NRA out to dry once they are done with them? Remember, there are an awful lot of guns out there already.

I am a 48-year old non-breeding pacifist liberal but lately I've started to rethink my long-standing opinion on gun ownership.
When they kick in your front door, how you gonna come?...

pro-bush opinions within camera range seem to be just fine, it's just everything else that seems to get shunted off to the free-speech zones a mile or two away....

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