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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Times change..
	Date:	1/12/2013 11:08:09 AM (updated 1/12/2013 11:11:36 AM)

Germany had a highly intelligent, educated and informed populace and they gave us Hitler. Italy likewise. Your faith in being informed is much greater than mine. And if you critically look at the state of our education system today, the blatant bias of the mainstream media, etc. you might not have as much confidence in an informed populace as you do. But besides all that, I believe it is a very well informed populace that understands the value and validity of the 2nd Amendment and why opposition to eroding it is in fact exactly what we need right now, particularly with an out of control federal government and a WH that has more flexibility now that he is freed from reelection.

Despite that I agree it is remote and I agree that an armed populace isn't in and of itself the only deterrent but it can play a key role and should not be discarded out of some misguided belief that banning certain types of weapons will have any impact on gun related violence when in fact we know the opposite is true. That's what I can't understand......why are we even talking about this side issue and not the real issues with our culture?