>>>>>>>Sure, I understand that, but if, as you said, "it would not have occurred to any of the Founders that the Government could
http://www.levelextreme.com/SupportArea.aspx?Session=6B4A6843496177466B73303D2075674E685967393273352B525168396C734F4A44586745672F5253682F694B55>>>>[Canada] forbid citizens to own guns", how did it occur to them to make sure? Most times, if something could not occur to me, I generally don't rush out and make sure of doing something about it.
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>>>>>>Okay, I get it. Should have said "It would not have ocurred to any of them that the Government should or should be allowed to forbid citizens to own guns."
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>>>>>Hah! Pedantry prevails! I guess I'd better go back to using smilies. You probably would have figured it out right away.
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>>>>At least we are not in Iran or Saudi Arabia , where they do not have the right bare arms. !
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>>>As I've said before; as long as you have the right to bear arms, there should also be an inverse right to arm bears.
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>>Sounds like my view of sport hunting or bull-fighting - fine as long as it's a fair fight.
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>Absolutely. I've said for years that if a person wants to hunt bear, he should get himself a good set of claws and have at it.
And I don't have a problem with bullfighting if it were close enough that people would want to bet on the outcome <s>
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- Thomas Hardy
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-- T. S. Eliot
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