Actual Armed Citizens

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by flacaltenn

MerryLander:

The FBI (not the BATF) DOES keep voluminous records of how guns are used. I posted some of those statistics here.. Have no idea why you think it's a REP conspiracy... It's NOT horsefeathers that gun sales and permits go up dramatically every time the left threatens more legislation or takes over a wing of the state.. It's fact MerryLander....

The Washington Post ran a series of articles recently ex[ressly done to illustrate the fact that tracing firearms used in crimes back to their source is not being done. The reason being that Congress forbade ATF to do so. They even uncovered two of the major suppliers.

Back when the government did not have a standing army the idea that ordinary people could overthrow the central government may have seemed plausible, today the concept is ludicrous.

In the debates the subject of the militia(s) was raised on at least nine separate occasions. The idea of "regulation" was concern that if the militia was needed to repel invaders they wanted compatible weapons, not 13 different calibers, etc.

Of course the idea of the militia repelling invaders was shot full of holes when an Irish regiment burnt down the White House. The place where Madison temporarily setup government is about ten miles from me, the building still stands.