Dubai Forums Dubai Discussions Dubai Politics Talk Philosophy and Religion Forums

valkyrie wrote:They couldn't imagine life without it, says Cornell. That's the point of his new book, "A Well Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America." In it, Cornell excavates the foundations of the Second Amendment and offers some startling conclusions.

"As long as we've had guns in America," says Cornell, "we've had gun regulation." In fact, the Second Amendment's chief purpose is to assure such regulation. Without it, the founders feared, anarchy might take hold.

http://www.startribune.com/561/story/695627.html

Abdullah wrote:

valkyrie wrote:They couldn't imagine life without it, says Cornell. That's the point of his new book, "A Well Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America." In it, Cornell excavates the foundations of the Second Amendment and offers some startling conclusions.

"As long as we've had guns in America," says Cornell, "we've had gun regulation." In fact, the Second Amendment's chief purpose is to assure such regulation. Without it, the founders feared, anarchy might take hold.

http://www.startribune.com/561/story/695627.html

America also banned alcohol, http://americanhistory.about.com/b/a/2004_01_16.htm

at one time,

Alchohol being the number one killer in the world.

but unfortunatley ther urges and desires gave in.... what a shame....