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vega

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what if you Americans lost in the Revolution. And supposing there will be no more uprising after the first one was crushed. That means you'll be under the Union Jack and knowing how the Brits confiscated the guns of their subjects it means that you American subjects will also have no right to bear arms.


Well as (un)loyal subjects what are you going to do?
1) Stay unarmed.
2) Keep illeagal arms.
3) Start another revolution.
4) Any other thoughts.

vega
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by vega:
what if you Americans lost in the Revolution. And supposing there will be no more uprising after the first one was crushed. That means you'll be under the Union Jack and knowing how the Brits confiscated the guns of their subjects it means that you American subjects will also have no right to bear arms.


Well as (un)loyal subjects what are you going to do?
1) Stay unarmed. Probably unlikely, the Brit's were after a primary cache of arms, vice individuals' arms. Territory was simply too widespread for an effective "house-to-house."
2) Keep illeagal arms. Probably. See above.
3) Start another revolution. Dunno 'bout this one. I suspect, had the Brit's successfully rounded up all the "ringleaders," we might not have seen that confluence of brains and guts for some time to come. (Plus, you state there will be no more uprising after the first one is crushed, so I'm not sure I understand this question.)
4) Any other thoughts. Not really. Perhaps some history buffs that specialize in counterfactuals can take this somewhere...

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
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Considering the issues that sparked the civil war were never addressed after the South lost, I don't think that the problems starting the American Revolution would have been addressed. Specifically the things that caused the South to seceed were:

1. Morril Tariff acts
2. Loss of State authority over intra-state issues.
3. Since the Constitution doesn't specifically mention a prohibition against States leaving the Union, and the 10th amendment holds the Federal Government to that which is specifically mentioned, was secession an acceptable action for a State no longer willing to comply with Federal Dictates?

None of these problems were addressed. The same problems haunt all of us today. Even the Northern States (our economies have become homogenized). With the passage of the 17th amendment, we have aggrevated the problem, and I don't forsee the problems being addressed without another Revolution, or the American people becomming educated. It is easier to motivate folks to kill than it is to teach them to think critically, and act on those thoughts in a peaceful manner (vote).
 
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