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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:11 PM Original message |
The Second Amendment is obsolete |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I support the right to bear arms. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no debate for you eh ? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The more I see, the more I support the right to bear arms |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Cars, cigarettes, booze, candy, fatty pork spare-ribs... |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Its no secret that I like Dennis Kucinich and his platform |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I also agree that some controls are necessary, problem is we now have a corrupt Bushist government |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
117. And that's why I am NOT voting for John Edwards in the primary |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
126. I like Edwards, but he comes across as pretty misinformed in that quotation. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. There are two sides to this issue: |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. It also says |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
149. It doesn't. It only does in political rhetoric. n/t |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Say that again when Blackwater comes for you. {nt} |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. If the Second is not an individual right, and only applies to militias, |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:27 PM Original message |
Chew on this. |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
82. Blackwater makes plenty of cash of non-governmental contracts. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #82 |
139. Where's conflict? Most "group right" pols, including DC/NOLA Mayors, have no objection to Blackwater |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. As do I. The country is diverse enough that this issue should be |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Nuclear? Biological? Chemical? Or just your favorite model(s) of guns? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. The limits were drawn, correctly IMO, in 1934 |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
106. Why not? Why no hand grenades? Claymores? H-bombs? (NT) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I say the law is written correctly as it stands now |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Oh, just 30,000 dead every year by firearms. But what do they matter, ehh? (NT) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Are you trying to make a case for changing the law? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #110 |
131. Absolutely. I think private possession of handguns should be banned. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #131 |
140. Good luck with that |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Arms are historical considered to be.. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
104. Ah. Well, if limits can be set, then we're just arguing about where. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. When someone tells you the First Amendment should not be read as written... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #118 |
132. Plemnty of folks, usually Reich Wingers, seem to find lots of limitations in the First Amendment. NT |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #132 |
138. But I'm not one of them |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #104 |
123. Limits? Fine.... Then "privacy" |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #104 |
129. Well, we can't define it that way.. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
136. Privately owned warships |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
113. Knock it off. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #113 |
134. No, I *DON'T* "know" that and neither do you. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
150. It's at crew-served weapons, and non-discriminate weapons. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. ... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. thats not what the 2nd amendment says |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. and what of the right to arm bears? you know, to even the odds a bit. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Bears have arms! 4 of them!! With claws!!! That's why I need guns. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
115. I support the right for people live without the fear of being shot. |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
116. I support the right to bare arms... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I support the right to arm bears. |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I support that to |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. Uhhh, why do you keep talking about "assault weapons" |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
91. Are the modern definition of "assault weapons" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. The term "assault weapon" lost its meaning when the federal AW ban expired in September 2004 |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #91 |
119. Define "average" |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #91 |
148. That's part of it |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #148 |
154. Most of that stuff I don't care about |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 04:39 AM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Even that probably wouldn't help |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. of militias? |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Like Blackwater? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. is Blackwater well regulated? |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Yes, they operate under the UCMJ, MEJA, US and international law. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Blackwater is IN NO WAY beholden to the UCMJ. |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. According to everything I have read, Blackwater contrators working for the Defense Dept. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Well, a you must have misinterpreted everything you've read |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #84 |
120. Absolutely 100 percent incorrect; just simply not true. Where did you read that? Got a link? |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #120 |
153. Here: |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. damn. you got there first. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. They all go hand in hand, should we consider getting rid of this one |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you consider civil rights negotiable?? |
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RealAle (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. All rights have limits |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There are reasonable restrictions in place |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yea, they have limits... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Duplicate post, sorry... N/T |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Good post, |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. "Do you really think the government is coming to get you?" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
143. "you" is clearly assumed to be middle class and white when this question is asked. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. The Revolutionary War was fought with "mussel loaders"? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
144. They fired shells at the enemy. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. Read up on the National Firearms Act - It limits the right to keep and bear arms |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. A mussel loader? Is that the same thing as an |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
141. Right to assembly in public places should not be restricted AT ALL. Free speech is unrestricted |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, well, good luck with that. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. share! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Then repeal it, like the 18th was repealed |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gun grabbers are scared about these possible SCOTUS rulings |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Probably a follow-on to a recent Harvard U. "Crimson" article |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Don't blame the Constitution for what unregulated corporate greed is responsible. |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. I had to log back in to respond to your post, |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I just checked. My hands are still warm and alive. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Consider the history of the 2nd and you'll see it is NOT obsolete |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hope the Supreme Court enshrines the 2nd as an individual right. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. I support the 2nd amendment |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. They may wiggle out by stating that since DC isn't a 'state', it can't have a militia. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. But, it does have a militia. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I used to have a coworker named Melisha |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Ewwww |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Well, shit. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I have absolutely no idea, and I'm in the National Guard |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Found it for you - Check out the part I underlined |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. LOL. That is one of the funniest laws I have ever read! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. No vagabonds eh? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. I guess ne'er-do-wells, cads, and rapscallions are OK, however |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. The old-style citizen militias are still on the books, so the author is mistaken |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. Molon Labe! |
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FyurFly (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. We need Zanne and Bill Buckhead in this thread |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
121. "God damn - God damn the pusher man!" |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. ...and we're off! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. So basically, we don't trust each other with guns? |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Some people ONLY think the Police should be armed... |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
86. I think you meant that only the police should be armed, |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. it amazes me how many people have never read the 2nd Amendment |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. The premise to ALL the rights in the BoR is that they are immutable |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. the "creator" gave man guns??? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. No, the RIGHT to bear arms. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Also the ability to invent, manufacture, and use them |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. (Raises glass to John Moses Browning) |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. you have got to be kidding me |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. no, people have the right to keep militias |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. So I have the right to raise my own militia? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. the people do |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Nope. The amendment says the people keep the arms. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. dude, i just posted verbatim the 2nd amendment |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. The next step, my dear LSK, is to actually use your other brain cell |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. when all else fails, insult |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Evidently you don't know what the milita is... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. your point is???? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. If you're between the ages of 17 and 45, you're in the militia |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. "Well Regulated" |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Well regulated, or well *trained*, to use the historically correct parallel |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. Exactly |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Hey 14thColony - Are you familiar with the Civilian Marksmanship Program? |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. No, I wasn't - thanks for that |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #83 |
100. And when you hit 45? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. Then you are a retired member of the Unorganized Militia |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Interestingly enough, does this mean women not joined up have no right to guns? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #80 |
94. No, but the right can be infringed |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
92. the whole damned concept of democracy is obsolete |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
93. Only 1 in 5 U.S. gun owners is a hunter... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #93 |
146. No type of shotgun OR pepper spray is allowed in the military. Anti-Geneva Convention. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
95. I disagree, but we all have our opinions. |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Sorry, I bow to the use of the superior word "Magazine" |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
111. IDK, Maybe you're right. . . |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #95 |
137. Depends on the weapon |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
101. BTW, the writer of the linked article thinks automatic weapons were legalized in 2004. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. I was tempted to register just to write a LTTE pointing that out |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #101 |
122. Proof enough that the author is a clueless partisan, NOT a thoughtful & even-handed essayist. nm |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #122 |
145. No different from the Enquirer, sensationalism sells! |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
107. It's not well thought out. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
112. Keep your hands off my vagina! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
114. Depends on the interpretation of the amendment. |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
124. Well I don't hunt... |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
125. Yeah, 'cause self defense is such an obsolete idea. |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
127. The article is hardly well thought out, but Gaillard does get one thing right ... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
128. Gun violence is fueled by many factors |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
130. Wait until blackwater starts tasing people on american streets and |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
133. There is no right to bear arms. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Shit, Perry; we disagree on something. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #133 |
151. The problem with the courts, is they are sometimes wrong. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #133 |
152. Meanwhile, in other news, black is white, and Saddam Hussein had massive WMD stockpiles |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
142. Union Label, why quote an article full of Bradyisms? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
147. Go for it. Let him try to get an amendment passed that overturns the 2nd. |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
156. not obsolete |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
157. I agree completely with this article |
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