CompuServe Messages

I just read an article in a magazine about a private individual owning and firing a French 75 cannon from WWI. And, Don, my friend :)…. the Constitution provides that no one stops me from owning and driving a tank down the road, should I choose to do so. It is within my mandate as a member of the militia, for one. It is also within my right under the 2nd Amendment. Should people be allowed to own fully operational tanks? I don't have to say, but to stop them from doing so, you gotta AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. Which is my big issue on the matter. Is there some reason why the Congress should decide such matters and We The People *not* be allowed to decide, as a committee of the (entire) whole? It annoys hell out of me that we sold/gave stinger missles to a bunch of Afghans who were at a 19th century level of technology, weapons which my tax dollars paid for, and weapons which I am *not* entrusted to keep and bear, even tho I am sworn by my allegiance to the Constitution risk my life and liberty in the nation's defense, if necessary. Oh, but I'm a good ole boy when the rats want my vote. (And, so long as thugs posing as police can call up main battle tanks to use against citizens, yes, then citizens must be allowed to keep and bear TOW anti-tank missiles!) After all, the slightly limited choice of weapons the Branch Davidians had left them unable to protect themselves. Get AutoPilot, or get lost! Eet