[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[Dirk Munk]

JF Mezei wrote:
> In a proper democracy, I do not understand why citizens should have the
> right to bear arms and essentially riot with machine guns against their
> own elected government.
>
> Such debate cannot be held in the USA due to the NRA lobby.
>
> As was explained to me, the original intent of the right to bear arms
> was to allow citizens to defend themselves against either their won
> government or invading forces from Britain (this being the 100th
> anniversary of the war of 1812, it should be repeated that there have
> been wars between canada and USA).
>
> To the rest of the world, that amendment in the USA constitution is an
> anachronism and people are puzzled as to why the USA citizens are so
> adament to leave that in when at the end of the day, all it does is
> allow civilians to own guns for "recreational" purposes and has nothing
> to do with the original intents of the constitution. (especially when
> "recreational" includes turning video games into reality and going on a
> shooting spree in some public place).
>

Sorry to have to say this, but sometimes I get the impression that half 
the US population mentally is still living in the mid 19th century.