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Thu Jun-26-08 09:08 PM
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That any of the other amendments have become compromised defeats neither the spirit nor the utility of of the concept that "the second amendment may serve to support the remaining nine".
It does not follow.
The second amendment and the capacity for citizens to overthrow a tyranny may or may not work in practice. We'd rather never have to find out.
A populace with arms but lacking the will to oppose an oppressive government MIGHT become enslaved.
A populace without arms has surrendered it's ability to oppose such a government, even if it has the will to.
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