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elocs

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3. This is just an exercise in fantasy
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 09:24 PM
Mar 2018

and no more likely to happen than the U.S. being officially declared an atheist state.

The Second Amendment will not be repealed because too many people on the Left are fickle and undependable voters who can't be bothered to show up at the polls unless they are motivated or excited about the election and if the candidate passes their purity test.
Laws and policies are made, lives are saved or changed as a result of those who choose to participate in our electoral system, flawed and imperfect as it is, and not by those who opt out.
Even when the choice is between only bad or evil, the rational and intelligent person does what they can do to make sure that evil does not prevail. Elections do have consequences, a concept that I don't know why so many on the Left have trouble grasping.

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I may be dreaming... Tribalceltic Mar 2018 #1
I Am JI7 Mar 2018 #2
This is just an exercise in fantasy elocs Mar 2018 #3
Yes, if I was dreaming big I would say repeal and replace blake2012 Mar 2018 #4
Stevens is completely right HopeAgain Mar 2018 #5
This is a hilariously loaded poll, but I vote for repeal DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #6
This thread and poll is an excellent example BootinUp Mar 2018 #7
Just how is the 2A preventing serious gun control? hack89 Mar 2018 #8
Here's what Justice Stevens says: rgbecker Mar 2018 #9
So there are no actual legal impediments hack89 Mar 2018 #10
Sorry that your golden age of gun rights is headed for the dustbin of history BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #13
If it happens, it will be well after I am gone hack89 Mar 2018 #18
Just interpret it as intended, problems solved. Hoyt Mar 2018 #11
Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina Stallion Mar 2018 #12
Sadly, Justice Stephens proved the NRA right. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #14
Shoot for the stars. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #15
Repeal it, then take every single gun from the rednecks samir.g Mar 2018 #16
I voted for the dream ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #17
Am a bit high tonight, so I'm down with Just-Ice-Stevens. Repeal the whole m***********g thing. VOX Mar 2018 #19
IT'S A FUCKING TRAP! DON'T FALL FOR IT! Stevens is redirecting MSD cause to be a Third Rail! TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #20
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