[geeks] 4th Amendment Gone

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 11:05:26AM +0000, Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:22:54 -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > Don't write off the US military quite so lightly.
> 
> I don't. I would have made the point, but didn't want to ramble on too
> long ...
> 
> > Are you completely convinced that in a revolution they will turn on
> > their own people?
> 
> No. Neither am I completely convinced that they wouldn't. This is where
> numbers help ... the more you have, the more likely that the military
> will identify with your people.


Rumor has it that Clinton actually considered a nationwide gun roundup,
using the US Army to confiscate all privately-owned firearms.

Rumor also has it that the generals in the Pentagon advised him in the
strongest possible terms not to do it, warning him that if he tried it
he would almost certainly face an armed insurrection, and it was likely
that most of the Army wouldn't be on his side.


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