# Is a well regulated milita necessary to the security of a free state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851 "2002-05-13T17:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/41 "2002-05-15T11:55:55Z")
I stand corrected, ruadh. I had assumed the laws on gun ownership in Northern Ireland were the same as in Britain, i.e., pretty darn restrictive. I’d be interested to know exactly what the law is on legal ownership up there. In any event, it appears, as you say, that the IRA “accomplished” whatever it did without much if anything in the way of legally held weapons. ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/42 "2002-05-15T12:30:32Z")
**minty** > [@](#): > > without the right that American gun lovers say Must you always be so inflammatory? How about taking a page from the mainstream media when referring to gun control people, and refer to the opposition with words like advocates, or proponents. Your contempt grows more noticeable with each thread. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/43 "2002-05-15T13:35:01Z")
There are cat lovers, dog lovers, opera lovers, and music lovers. I fail to see how “gun lovers” is in any way inflammatory. ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/44 "2002-05-15T14:00:42Z")
I see… Sorry to interrupt. ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/45 "2002-05-15T15:09:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*guys named whatever guys named Guido are named in Ireland \*\* Patty or Sean, according to my Irish coworker. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/46 "2002-05-15T15:37:16Z")
😃 Glad we’re okay there, BF. I was only attempting to be flippant, not inflammatory. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/47 "2002-05-15T19:44:08Z")
minty green wrote: > [@](#): > > There are cat lovers, dog lovers, opera lovers, and music lovers. Waaaaait a minute … “music lovers” **AND** “opera lovers”?!?!! ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851/48 "2002-05-15T21:01:41Z")
Okay, I admit it. I was trying to disparage the opera nuts. [Terry Jones] Bloody Vikings! [/Terry Jones] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-well-regulated-milita-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/108851.md?page=2)