OFF: Founding dad dudes, and guns

[M Holmes]

Jonathan Jarrett writes:

> 	That's an interesting little assortment of quotes (though the 
> academic in me cries out for better referencing of course). This one 
> seems most nicely to express where it's gone wrong:
> 
> "...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to 
> form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the 
> liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little 
> if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand 
> ready to defend their rights..."
> 
> 	As with the rise of feudalism, a peasant militia's only a 
> defence against oppression when military tech is cheap enough for them 
> to match the army. We've not been there for a long long time. Yours,

Oh yeah, I agree that it implies personal nukes. But who could afford
the insurance?

FoFP