[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:43:15PM -0800, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > Also, civic duty is another reason to own and train with firearms.
> > It need not be soley out of a need for self defense.
> 
> My question is, would Americans be willing to serve any sort of civic
> duty? Or do they take their citizenship for granted? It is a genuine
> quetion.

If you'd asked that question fifty or forty years ago, I think you'd
have found most Americans were not only *willing* to perform their civic
duty, but took pride in doing so.  These days, it's considered a good
voter turnout if more than half of the registered voters bother to vote,
and that's before even considering the ones who couldn't even be
bothered to register.  After all, if they register to vote, they might
be called upon (no more than once in each ten years) to serve jury duty.



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