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Tue Nov 10
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Sounds like a Bat Signal for dealers.
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I still love Amtrak, especially the older trains when they're empty at night and no one is yelling into their cell phone.
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Can't buy a thrill
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When the train pulled out the station
It had two lights on behind.
The blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind
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Casey Jones, tweetin' to his friends.
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My name is Sharif, and I approved this thread.
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The right to own weapons is the right to be free.
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The argument for a broad interpretation of Second Amendment rights doesn't, and shouldn't, rely on deterring redcoats. And unless you've taken actual shots in anger at a peace officer or are planning to shortly, it's no better than empty bluster.
The argument -- on both sides -- would do better to focus on whether gun possession increases general safety and security...as would be the goal of the "well regulated Militia" referenced in the very first clause of the Second Amendment.
I'll bet that in an atmosphere free of knee-jerk stupidity, most Americans could come to some agreement that in some (rural) regions of the country, gun possession may enhance the general safety/security -- while in other areas (urban) it clearly does not.
There's nothing about this argument that would contravene a non-hysterical reading of the Second Amendment. Citing the threat from Tories, on the other hand, does seem hysterical and just gives the impression that you fear taking a more rational approach to this issue.
08/21/09
Frankly, I'm not very worried about the prospect of gun control, simply because those who oppose it are very well armed and I really don't see how anyone is going to impose their will upon them with impunity.
But, you know, give it your best shot.
08/21/09
For a group that constantly invokes the second amendment, you folks don't seem to give a shit about the first.
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Good question. He was shot, along with James Brady, in 1981 after leaving a speaking event. Eight years later, the Brady Bill passed into law.