Monday letters: Beware the ‘evil government’  May 6, 2013   One
argument used to justify the ability to buy and possess assault
weapons is that they are necessary to repel encroachments of our
liberty by an “evil government.” I question the effectiveness of
an AK-47 against a modern fighter aircraft, but putting this
detail aside, many of these same people are quite willing to
grant this “evil government” the ability to declare a citizen an
“enemy combatant” to deny him the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution.  Could not an “evil government” declare an anti-
social act to be that of an “enemy combatant,” and couldn’t all
of us be denied constitutional rights?  Lester C. Welch
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