>On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Petro wrote:
>
>> Choate wrote:
>
>> The only relevant question is whether they used force--in
>> this case the force of government to do this. In this case the answer
>> is "sometimes".
>
>At what point did MS threaten the force of government? They certainly
>threatened civil action but that's not the same thing as a criminal trial
>or sending in Marines. How could MS have used threat of government? At
>what point would the US executive and legislative branches agree to loan
>Bill G. some MIB's?
Lawyers, Courts, Judges. The ability of the country Sheriff
to come to your door step, hand you a piece of paper and say "Show up
at this time or else".
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If the courts started interpreting the Second Amendment the way they interpret
the First, we'd have a right to bear nuclear arms by now.--Ann Coulter
