| You'll notice, G, that in my first post I said that you only agreed in the sense of defending yourself against the government (viva la revolucion!) and I said that in a just society guns aren't necessary. The point being, post-humously as it were, that we are on opposite sides of the fence on whether or not our society is 'just', or at least sufficiently unjust to require revolt. =P After all, if disarming criminals is impossible - which you imply - and we are all outlawed...
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |