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Originally Posted by roly
but do you honestly believe a country wouldn't invade the US becuase some of the civilian population was armed? afghanistan is one of the most armed country's in the world, that didn't stop the russians or US.
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I know that is one of the reasons that Japan did not during WWII. We armed the Afghans and they successfully defended their country from the Soviets. It remains to be seen whether we will be successful in Afghanistan. This could be Obama's Vietnam.
This is all besides the point though. Bottom line is the founding fathers put the right to bear arms in our Constitution as the last of our checks and balances. This right is to protect us from our own government if it were to become tyrannical.