From cremick at rlmnet.com Wed Apr 21 07:24:51 1999
> You want the state to have a monopoly over arms?
The notion that an armed citizenry could present any kind of
meaningful opposition to the Pentagon running amok
(*domestically,* that is) is ludicrous.
I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding of the intent of the 2nd Ammendment. Sure, resistance against any *particular* instance of state-sponsored firepower (and typically it's not the Pentagon, but rather the FBI or BATF) is doomed; but the threat of the mobilization of collective will of "the militia" is a very real instrument in the balance of power in the US between the state and the citizenry.
75 religious zealots holed up in a cabin? No way. 60M armed citizens spread across the country? That's something completely different. See, you can't just kill them all. It's a deterrent. And it's real.
For now.
/jordan