tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post8987027386191984066..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Arms Trade Treaty Talks - Day 4John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-26921474115939157652012-07-08T18:47:35.362-04:002012-07-08T18:47:35.362-04:00Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it...<i>Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.</i><br /><br />-Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.<br /><br />I, in agreement with the quote from Tenche Coxe above, believe we should <i>also</i> refuse to distinguish between civilian arms and any other arms of military utility.<br /><br />As you've pointed out, John, this whole process is a farce in the first place, with the Fakestinian issue and now with Iran being elected the deputy head of the ATT talks.<br /><br />We've allowed the anti-rights crowd and their pets in power to define the terminology. Let's stop with this distinction between military and civilian arms, at least in terms of who has the right to own them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com