gun control (permit, million, percentage, prison)

[rlchurch]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Please, keep in mind that service members WERE civilians.

And, Members of the National Guard are also know as "Citizen soldiers"

Those in the Continental Army were regular soldier. Check your history book.

[ParkTwain]

Originally Posted by Noahma

that just happened to kick out the greatest military in that time period

Using asymmetrical tactics
With help from France
Small portion of English forces were placed in America

[Noahma]

Originally Posted by rlchurch

Those in the Continental Army were regular soldier. Check your history book.

but the militia outweighed the Continental army in numbers by quite a bit, they would usually throw the militia to start the attack and use the Continentals to finish things off


and using insults in this forum is against the forum rules. please re read them

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by rlchurch

You couldn't be more wrong. The success rate in suicide attempts is quite low, except for gun related suicide attempts.

The possibility that "someone" "might" commit suicide is insufficient reason to ban handguns in homes.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by rlchurch

Those in the Continental Army were regular soldier. Check your history book.

I live in the present.

You live in the past

[GhostInTheShell]

Originally Posted by ParkTwain

Is this supposed to be taken as a serious question?

How is your rifle going to stand up to a Sherman Tank or one of the Army's new-fangled energy weapons? The Hezbollah in Lebanon and al Qaeda in Iraq use IEDs against tanks, relatively successfully -- no rifles needed for them.

You are living in a fantasy world programmed by Hollywood's male gun fantasy epics.

If you want serious, well researched answers to your questions, I suggest you read Boston's Gun Bible and Molon Labe. Among other important topics, both books exhaustively cover the topic of how ordinary citizens could use rifles--and in fact have used them--to successfully oppose tyranny. They're two of the best books I've ever read.

[brently54]

Originally Posted by Greatday

The possibility that "someone" "might" commit suicide is insufficient reason to ban handguns in homes.

BINGO!
The government shouldn't be there for protecting us from ourselves.

[rlchurch]

Originally Posted by brently54

BINGO!
The government shouldn't be there for protecting us from ourselves.

A view not shared by the government nor by many of it's citizens.

[brently54]

Originally Posted by rlchurch

A view not shared by the government nor by many of it's citizens.

Which is sad.

[rlchurch]

Originally Posted by brently54

Which is sad.

you're a sad person.