Subj : Re: the American Traditio To : JIMMY ANDERSON From : Tracker1 Date : Thu Jul 07 2022 01:46 pm On 6/26/22 06:43, JIMMY ANDERSON wrote: > > Add to this discussion the fact that "civilians shouldn't own military > hardware" is another misnomer... Civilians WERE the military, and they > could own canons, battleships, you name it! Pragmatically, I would probably draw a line closer to nuclear materials and arms than a cannon or tank. Worth noting that civilian arms dealers have jets with missiles... they sell to the US (and Australia, Israel, etc) but they are civilian companies. -- Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com --- þ Synchronet þ Roughneck BBS - roughneckbbs.com .