[Vision2020] Huh?

[Nicholas Gier]

Hi Paul,

Without further research I would assume that even then the Revolutionary
militia was "well-regulated," i.e., not everyone had access to the weapons,
which were safely stored, as our weapons today should be if we had
common-sense gun legislation.

I agree with Tom and all historians who obviously point to the fact that it
was primarily and fundamentally an issue about taxation.

Nick


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Certainly there were many reasons leading up to the conflict, but the
> spark that set everything off was when the British troops went to Concord
> via Lexington to confiscate the military supplies cached at Concord.  You
> remember "the shot heard round the world", and "Paul Revere's ride"?  The
> shot was at Lexington where the British troops were trying to disperse the
> crowd (and possibly disarm them).  Paul Revere's ride was to Lexington to
> warn the leaders there that the British were on their way.  The cache of
> weapons and other military supplies at Concord had been moved weeks earlier
> since the rebels had had good intelligence about this possibility.
>
> So what he said was essentially true.
>
> Paul
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> *To:* Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:23 AM
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Huh?
>
> "What really started the (Revolutionary) War was the right to keep and
> bear arms."
>
> - Two-time loser Gresham "Boom-Boom" Bouma at the gun rally in Friendship
> Square (April 19, 2013)
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Ah, come on, Boom-Boom.  Certainly that "No taxation without
> representation" thing has got to be in there somewhere.  Dontcha think?  Or
> dontcha think.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
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