Posted by: JacquesC at Jan. 15, 2009 at 11:55:41 am
"Qed, the point was, it's a dangerous gun and I think that point was made. But thanks for educating me with knowledge only a militia man would know."--kconner.
Hmmmm...that seems to be a very ignorant statement to me, just like the ignorant statements in the article above. Notice kconner, I did not use an ad hom attack. I did not call you ignorant, rather your post. Thank you qed, and thank you cincinnatus for y'all's posts. The militia, contrary to the insistence of the media, is not an "anti-government hate group." It is not a group of uneducated, backwoods, inbred, hicks who date their sisters. It is not made up of malcontents bent on destroying America. Militiamen are not misfits, they are not psychologically damaged mental defectives. When asked what the Militia was, George Mason, one of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution, said, "Who are the Militia? They consist now of the whole people, except for a few public officers."
As for the term "gun", We find the phrase "This is my rifle, this is my gun..." dating back to at least early 1942, appearing in Leon Uris's 1953 bestseller Battle Cry, a book whose setting begins in Marine Corps boot camp, although I'm sure the expression entered oral tradition long before 1942. As folklorist Carol Burke observed, Stanley Kubrick employed it in Full Metal Jacket, and one can view that scene at youtube easily enough to learn what a "gun" is as opposed to a rifle, pistol, or piece. Kconner, you used the term "dangerous gun". If you are referring to firearms, there are no dangerous firearms unless there is a malfunction with the piece. There are only dangerous users. If, on the other hand, you are referring to "dangerous guns", then yes, I concur that there are "dangerous guns" and that explains the high birth rate among certain classes and races. Kindest regards to all.
I guess I need to quit the "drive by bayoneting" jokes. 
