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I would love to hear an example of a situation were at no point an solution not involving firearms was available.
The problem I have with this statement is What do you consider solutions? What's acceptable? Sure, there are measures that might solve a situation given 20/20 foresight. "Honey, I'm not going to work today, otherwise I'll have to shoot the scumbag that's going to shoot the place up while robbing it."
Otherwise, search some self-defense blogs. The biggest one I remember I don't have a link handy too, but involved a grandmother versus an extremely large escaped convict. She ended up shooting him, and he ended up expiring from his wounds, but he would have killed her otherwise, and almost did despite being shot six times.

Ghandi was instrumental in the changing of entire societies and the may never once took violent action and he lived through far worse times than anyone in the US born after Vietnam has ever had to live through.
Ah.. You mentioned Gandhi... I love the guy, and some quotes of his:
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest

And despite his non-violence, he still died 'by the sword'. Sure, there's the saying 'Those who live by the sword die by the sword', but many innocents die from the sword anyways in that context. I don't 'live by the sword', but stand ready to take it up against those who do.
Nowhere in the second amendment of the US constitution does it say what type of "arms" only that the right to bear arms, if you read it this way, will not be infringed. Until the Government declares all possible weapons as being illegal the second amendment is still being upheld.

Kinda like how in Mexico it's gotten watered down to the point that the allowed 'arms' are jokes? Where corruption rules? No thanks. 'Shall not be infringed' is a whole lot stronger than a simple 'allowed with regulations'.

I raised in a family that frequently hunted but that does not give me the right to change the meaning of the amendments of the constitution to fit my current needs or to determine alone what is best for the citizens of the United States of America.

Yeah, but that very constitution gives me the right to attempt to have it changed, through my own words and actions.

It would take no more than an hour for the US to eliminate China's population advantage.

US 7000 warheads vs China 400 warheads

http://www.carolmoore.net/nuclearwar/

>the purpose of management, marketing, lawyers and government is not to serve, but to take control and expand

You have captured in a single clear sentence the gist of an entire essay about how organizations are taken over by power-hungry empire builders whose only goals are (1) increase their power, (2) expand.

Dude, you need to actually visit DC before raving so much. People protest at the White House all the time. It's been years since anyone could actually enjoy Lafayette Park as a park, not a perpetual eyesore.

Now if only someone could explain the relationship between the sunspot cycle and wars and revolutions in the history of mankind, that would be cool...

Of course its not "snooping". Neither is driving a tank, erm excuse me an "armored mobile unit" into the side of a church.. ack I did it again, a "compound" in any way considered an attack.. its simply a "dynamic entry". Yeah right.

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