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Originally Posted by hiredgun
It's not really anything more than an election-cycle tactic.
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Bingo!
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
This is feel-good-and-reelect-me legislation at its worst.
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Double bingo!
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Originally Posted by Superbelt
The Second Amendment:
"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
'the people' are the collective of the state.
It applies to the Federal Government only.
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I dun tink so, Lucy.
The
right of the
people to keep and bear arms, not the Federal Government. The Federal Government has no rights. It has authority, and it has obligations...all spelled out in the Constitution. Only the citizenry has
rights. To make that assumptive leap subverts the whole intent of the Second Amendment.