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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:48 AM Original message |
The Second Amendment - a closer look |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. In fact, every court ruling on the subject |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. LOL - bet things would change if there were left-wing militia groups |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's about the only thing that could salvage the GOP's fortunes.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. There are several DUers who need to read this and MEMORIZE IT |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Reading my mind, Proud2blib... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Good - next time I am in a gun thread |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Some further "ammo" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Thanks! I knew the ACLU had taken this position but I had never looked up |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The NRA has never challenged any gun control law on 2nd Amendment grounds |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I think I have seen you on the gun threads LOL |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The closer you look at the "gun rights" movement |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Great analogy |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Gun nuts love to harp on "accidental" shootings |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. OMG that explains why the gunners |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Exactly...it's GOP-style faith based science |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. When will Dems understand that "gun rights" is a dog whistle for bigotry? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Most Democrats actually DO understand that.... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:54 AM Original message |
You can own a gun - maybe ANY kind of gun - if you are a |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is there something you're trying to tell me? |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry, but I disagree. n/t |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. I got your Second Amendment right here! |
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jrd200x (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Founding Fathers were screwing with us with the grammar |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. The grammar is not unclear. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Self-delete |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. And I Still Have My Guns And The Right To Own Them |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And the rest of us have the right to regulate them as we see fit.... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Ditto |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wasn't there a Supreme Court decision |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's the Miller decision.... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. You mean the same states National Guard... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Your criticism is simply the way the system has become centralized |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Which is why I disagree with those that insist... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The founding fathers used militia to put down ther Shay's rebellion |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Debtor prisons. Something I find abhorrent |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You seem baffled by simple fact..... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. They serve no purpose in this society... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. God I hope you never really need help. The police exist to clean up the |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. That's why so many police are killed every year |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here is some relevent law. It has been on the books for decades. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Justice Burger said NRA interpretation of RBKA was a fraud |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. Did the Supreme Court invalidate § 311? |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. If you examine the intent of the Bill of Rights it becomes clear. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Adn when you do, you find it was meant to be a collective right.... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Define "regulated". |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. You really think "regulated" is a mystery? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. It could very well mean a "national militia system" |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. The founders used mercenaries as "militia" to put rebels down |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thats not the way I read it |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Good point out! |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. now is not the time to worry about the gun issue |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Yeah, getting shot at isn't important |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. You might find this review of the legal literature interesting... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. And stunningly dishonest.... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. Put it this way... |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. The preamble to the Second Amendment is not |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. There is no preamble, hans.... |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
52. In the face of a fascist government that ignores the consitutution... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. So who are you going to shoot first, tough guy? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. whichever facist comes for me 1st |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Gee, I thought the 2nd amendment was supposed to protect our rights |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's the last line of defense. The final option. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That's a great point, this administration cherry picks the Constitution... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Look at the expression on the face of the tyrant Cheney |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Bang bang, shoot 'um up cowboy..... |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The Ballot or the Bullet. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Hey, whatever happened to that Malcolm X guy? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Just think, if it weren't for guns he would... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Or he might still be around.... |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hooboy! I've been saying this for years,"well regulated" cannot be ignored |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. you've heard of "an army of one"? |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Just make sure you are "well regulated". |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Does "well regulated" mean disarmed? |
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thirdpower (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. Department of Justice Memo |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Yeah, it's John AshKKKroft's wet dream... |
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