Hi, Tim Richardson!
I read your message from 18.01.2016 11:21

  ak>> armed citizenry able to resist and overthrow a tyrannical
  ak>> government."

  TR> What's wrong with that? Does the thought of Americans being armed
  TR> and able to resist a tyrant who tries to impose a dictatorial
  TR> government on us upset your view of how *you* think we should live?
  TR> Some people lived on their knees before dictatorships and
  TR> repression of free thought for so long, and are so used to living
  TR> that way, they think Americans should want to live that way as
  TR> well. And the fact that we possess the means of preventing an out
  TR> and out dictator establishing a hold over us seems to upset the
  TR> rest of the world.

If a state is really a strong democratic republic it can guarantee that 
no tyrant will come to power. It is loaded into the basement of the 
state structure itself - no need for citizens to keep submachine guns 
under their pillows. One person have a limited power in the US.

In other words if a railway company is good you don't need to take 
spanners while taking a ride on the train.

  TR>>> Trouble is... pretty much all those who whine about ordinary
  TR>>> Americans owning their own guns, standing at a microphone
  TR>>> thundering against the Second Amendment, are usually surrounded
  TR>>> by plain clothes body guards who are armed to the teeth!
  ak>> The only hope is that they follow their promises given during the
  ak>> election campaign. They could demand gun restriction on behalf
  ak>> their electorate only. So democracy must show itself.

  TR> We aren't a `democracy'. We are a `democratic republic'.

Above I've already told what I think of a democratic republic.

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  TR>>> Not a single teacher was armed and able to engage a gunman who
  TR>>> was `harming the children'.

  TR>>> At Sandy Hook even the security guard was `un'armed! And the
  TR>>> children died!

  ak>> I think that the probability that a teacher will kill his students
  ak>> in temper is higher than the probability he will defend them from
  ak>> a terrorist.  A teacher should be unarmed, as a researcher who
  ak>> is going to study savages in the jungle. More chances for
  ak>> negotiations. 

  TR> To my knowledge no teacher has ever gone off in a school and
  TR> slaughtered a classroom full of students.

Yeah, they don't carry guns yet. ;-)

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  TR> If you are a foreigner and live in a foreign country, please stay
  TR> there and continue to be `controlled' by whatever dictator who
  TR> rules you. We don't need you here. We already have enough leftist
  TR> democrats who want to disarm the general public, control us in
  TR> every aspect of our lives, and micromanage our existence. We don't
  TR> need another one.

Of course it is up to you to decide. I mean up to Americans. But if the 
majority wants to introduce strict arm control? Does the voice of the 
majority means anything in your country?

Bye, Tim!
Alexander Koryagin
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