montana Wrote:Once again you are being disingenuous Stan. Syria is a proxy war between the US and Russia where neither of the host players live.That's nonsense. Syria is a civil war mainly between Syrian government forces and dissidents. The Syrian military is not fighting for Russia, and the rebels are not fighting for the USA.
montana Wrote:The point of...The 2nd Amend. is to deter, not necessarily prevent.deter
dəˈtər/
verb
discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
prevent the occurrence of.
montana Wrote:So you are admitting an armed population possibly could deter governments from becoming tyrannical?:confused: I never disputed it. I said only that the massive combat power now available to the federal government may make a rifle-armed citizenry less of a deterrent than when both the government and the people had muzzleloading, single-shot muskets.
montana Wrote:What "want to be leader" didn't claim to make the nation better if they were trying to gain power? Charismatic leader is subjective to who is listening. Obama would be a perfect example of charismatic leader to the ill informed. I never saw it,"scratching my head in confusion" but to many he was like a new messiah...My sentiments exactly in regard to Trump and his supporters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lygq9_agwL8