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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1081386" data-attributes="member: 2189">Anthony Gregory with the Independent Institute speaks about some of the <a href="http://blog.independent.org/2012/12/21/who-goes-to-prison-due-to-gun-control/" target="_blank">historical uses on gun control</a> in this country.&nbsp; I&#039;d also remind any reader to also consider the tragic legacy of the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890&#039; and what was taking place as the massacre unfolded.Thom Hartmann <a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery" target="_blank">wrote an interesting piece for Truthout</a> which seems to follow in the footsteps of Gregory as it pertains to a darker (no pun) past of the militia in which one could argue that the militia itself was used to enforce gun control.&nbsp; There is a historical argument that the militia was intended as a counter to the need of a standing army, although that was trampled over very quickly once the official national state got it&#039;s constitution but it should be no surprise that it would be used for other distasteful means too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1081386, member: 2189"] Anthony Gregory with the Independent Institute speaks about some of the [URL="http://blog.independent.org/2012/12/21/who-goes-to-prison-due-to-gun-control/"][COLOR=#ff0000]historical uses on gun control[/COLOR][/URL] in this country. I'd also remind any reader to also consider the tragic legacy of the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890' and what was taking place as the massacre unfolded. Thom Hartmann [URL="http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery"][COLOR=#ff0000]wrote an interesting piece for Truthout[/COLOR][/URL] which seems to follow in the footsteps of Gregory as it pertains to a darker (no pun) past of the militia in which one could argue that the militia itself was used to enforce gun control. There is a historical argument that the militia was intended as a counter to the need of a standing army, although that was trampled over very quickly once the official national state got it's constitution but it should be no surprise that it would be used for other distasteful means too. [/QUOTE]

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