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Millwright66
(11/16/2015)
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Pity that Mr. Williamson felt he had to "cherry pick" his examples but then failed to recognize there's no incumbency upon the threatened to determine if the weapon used is lethal. Self-defense, or defense of family or others "in extremis" isn't "vigilantism". Perhaps Mr. Williamson can persuade the gang bangers and gun-using drug peddlers/users not to randomly shoot their victims and be content with money. But until that miracle happens, legally armed citizens will continue to defend themselves and theirs with lethal force if its thrust upon them. |
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Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. — Noah Webster in "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," 1787, in Paul Ford, ed., Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, at p. 56 (New York, 1888). |
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