Gouranga
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Libyan Government forces open fire on anti-government protesters
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41689225/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
I hope and pray that the deterrent is enough that this will never ever happen in the US (yeah I know about Kent State). However, IMO, the 1A is nothing without the2A to back it up. When a government and it's supporters become the only armed side, this is exactly what you can expect to happen.
I have brought this point up to anti-2A folks and they call it treason but IMO, a government opening fire on peaceful protesters, is an act of treason by that government and there is only 1 response at that time.
In this country, the government knows going out shooting at protesters would result in some serious things occurring with an armed populace. Nobody every thinks this can happen until they are looking at government officials pointing guns at them. Nobody thought Katrina could happen (even me) until it did and I was just dumbfounded to think it could happen in the US.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41689225/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
I hope and pray that the deterrent is enough that this will never ever happen in the US (yeah I know about Kent State). However, IMO, the 1A is nothing without the2A to back it up. When a government and it's supporters become the only armed side, this is exactly what you can expect to happen.
I have brought this point up to anti-2A folks and they call it treason but IMO, a government opening fire on peaceful protesters, is an act of treason by that government and there is only 1 response at that time.
In this country, the government knows going out shooting at protesters would result in some serious things occurring with an armed populace. Nobody every thinks this can happen until they are looking at government officials pointing guns at them. Nobody thought Katrina could happen (even me) until it did and I was just dumbfounded to think it could happen in the US.