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Tennessee Gentleman · February 9, 2009, 07:21 PM

carlosr77,

Good post and thanks for your story. Unfortunately, in Cuba there has never really been a history of a democratic government that protected it's people's rights. The fact that Cuba had no Second Amendment did not not bring Castro to power. Fulgencio Batista and his corrupt Mafia-loving administration did that. So, Cuba exchanged a military, corrupt, gangster for a revolutionary undemocractic one. Namely Fidel Castro.

I maintain that the robustness and maturity of the US politically democratic institutions protect us far more than the Second Amendment does. It is those institutions that protect us from corruption and tyranny. See the recent impeachment and most certain imprisonment of Gov Rod Blagojevich. That sort of stuff never happened in Cuba. Politicians were replaced, but by coup and assassination rather than lawful means. After Cuba was no longer a colony of Spain it's history was soiled with civil war, race wars, foreign interventions and finally dictatorship.

Fortunately in America, after our independence, we created the best democratic document the world has ever seen. The Constitution of the United States. Today, even though not perfect the people in power in our government reflect the will of the people as they have for the last 200 + years or they are voted out of office. Power changes hands through elections and not coups or revolutions. That is the reason for our freedoms today, the ones you now enjoy and the ownership of firearms by civilians is not the reason for that.

February 9, 2009, 07:21 PM	#3
Tennessee Gentleman Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,775	carlosr77, Good post and thanks for your story. Unfortunately, in Cuba there has never really been a history of a democratic government that protected it's people's rights. The fact that Cuba had no Second Amendment did not not bring Castro to power. Fulgencio Batista and his corrupt Mafia-loving administration did that. So, Cuba exchanged a military, corrupt, gangster for a revolutionary undemocractic one. Namely Fidel Castro. I maintain that the robustness and maturity of the US politically democratic institutions protect us far more than the Second Amendment does. It is those institutions that protect us from corruption and tyranny. See the recent impeachment and most certain imprisonment of Gov Rod Blagojevich. That sort of stuff never happened in Cuba. Politicians were replaced, but by coup and assassination rather than lawful means. After Cuba was no longer a colony of Spain it's history was soiled with civil war, race wars, foreign interventions and finally dictatorship. Fortunately in America, after our independence, we created the best democratic document the world has ever seen. The Constitution of the United States. Today, even though not perfect the people in power in our government reflect the will of the people as they have for the last 200 + years or they are voted out of office. Power changes hands through elections and not coups or revolutions. That is the reason for our freedoms today, the ones you now enjoy and the ownership of firearms by civilians is not the reason for that. __________________ "God and the Soldier we adore, in time of trouble but not before. When the danger's past and the wrong been righted, God is forgotten and the Soldier slighted." Anonymous Soldier.