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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 16, 2014 10:05:59 GMT -5
h/t NC Renegade knuckledraggin.com/2014/02/every-man-rifle/ Every Man Should Have A RifleSo I sit and write and ponder, while the house is deaf and dumb, Seeing visions “over yonder” of the war I know must come. In the corner – not a vision – but a sign for coming days Stand a box of ammunition and a rifle in green baize. And in this, the living present, let the word go through the land, Every tradesman, clerk and peasant should have these two things at hand. No – no ranting song is needed, and no meeting, flag or fuss - In the future, still unheeded, shall the spirit come to us! Without feathers, drum or riot on the day that is to be, We shall march down, very quite, to our stations by the sea. While the bitter parties stifle every voice that warns of war, Every man should own a rifle and have cartridges in store! Henry Lawson (1907)
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Post by hefferman1 on Feb 16, 2014 12:26:22 GMT -5
That is the way it used to be and should be.
To be a part of a "Well Regulated Militia" meant to have a rifle and 1000 rounds per weapon.
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