Hi, Bob Ackley!
I read your message from 15.01.2016 11:34

  TR>>>>> American citizens the right to keep and bear arms was to keep
  TR>>>>> an armed citizenry able to resist and overthrow a tyrannical
  TR>>>>> government.
  ak>>>> Small arms is useless for that purpose.
  TR>>> What makes you think all we've got is `small arms'?
  ak>> If the army use tanks, bombers, satellite, drones, spying
  ak>> equipment where can buy it? If you catch a tank it will be
  ak>> destroyed by a bomber withing minutes.

  BA> Tanks and bombers are pretty much useless in an urban environment -
  BA> unless the government wants to alienate the rest of the people.
  BA> They're pretty much useless in jungles and forests, too. We should
  BA> have learned that in Vietnam and you should have learn ed it in
  BA> Afghanistan.

It is not correct. The Afghan and Vietnam rebel success has some sense 
only when they receive multi-billion military help and other high-tech 
equipment for fighting planes, tanks etc. The success of Taliban 
fighters now is due to they have in their hands "help" originated both 
from the USA and the USSR. 

  BA> Small arms, however, are very useful in such an environment. So are
  BA> knives and garrots.

Garrot? Is it an arm, too?

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  ak>>>> Who are not allowed? Is there a certain database of those who
  ak>>>> are not allowed?
  TR>>> Yes. Convicted felons, some misdemeanor convictions, and those
  TR>>> who have been in mental institutions are usually caught in a
  TR>>> background check for a firearm purchase.
  ak>> If a person hasn't been in a mental hospital during his life it
  ak>> doesn't mean he is healthy mentally. That is the way how nutcases
  ak>> acquire submachine guns.

  BA> Submachine guns and "assault rifles" are just bullet hoses. They
  BA> are notoriously inaccurate. An experienced shooter can do far more
  BA> damage - from a much greater distance - with a scoped big game
  BA> rifle, and have little "collateral damage."

But submachine guns are perfect weapon for mass murders. If the 
Americans buy such things it means that the criminal situation is 
similar to Intifada in Israel.  The next step, I suppose, will be 
submachine guns installed on the balconies.

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  ak>> But anyway, allowing school teachers to have guns is a bad
  ak>> idea. ;=)

  BA> A century and a half ago in this country it was quite common for
  BA> students - ages 10 to 13 - in rural schools to carry pistols to and
  BA> from school. Yet there was none of the mayhem then that there is
  BA> now

Well, if there were some wolves around. Otherwise the school teachers 
should have been unhappy. 

Bye, Bob!
Alexander Koryagin
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