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Lint Head

(15,064 posts) Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:10 PM Jun 2018

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So.. the NRA interprets the Second Amendment to mean the populist should be armed

in case our government is taken over by an authoritarian dictator. Well?

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So.. the NRA interprets the Second Amendment to mean the populist should be armed (Original Post) Lint Head Jun 2018 OP

Do you mean "populace"? As in, "people"? k8conant Jun 2018 #1

I don't even know anyone IRL who owns a gun ansible Jun 2018 #2

I knew one, a relative who voted Trump... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #3

k8conant

(3,030 posts)

1. Do you mean "populace"? As in, "people"?

Reply to Lint Head (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:19 PM

Jun 2018

ansible

(1,718 posts)

2. I don't even know anyone IRL who owns a gun

Reply to Lint Head (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:32 PM

Jun 2018

Like it or not but it's mostly conservatives that do.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

3. I knew one, a relative who voted Trump...

Reply to ansible (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:34 PM

Jun 2018

He since had to sell his weapon for financial reasons, and he voices regrets for voting for Trump.

Some are not total assholes.

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