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In reply to the discussion: NRA says...&@@&&@_@&@&&$))$)()(;(;;;:::;)0987%) [View all]WinstonSmith4740
(3,048 posts)16. Interpretation has always been the issue
"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."
To me, that means we not only have the right to regulate firearms, we have a constitutional mandate to do so. Others will not see that at all. I personally see absolutely NO reason for military style weapons in the hands of the public, others feel the 2nd Amendment is there to protect us from an over reaching government, as opposed to a foreign invader. It's kind of like the old adage about blind men examining an elephant and describing it...one thought it was like a wall, another like a snake, etc.
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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State....
George II
Nov 2017
#13
Perhaps if they have no level of responsibility and discipline they should not have guns
Angry Dragon
Nov 2017
#31
Those are not shared values. Only a few extremists want to ban all guns except single shots.
aikoaiko
Nov 2017
#39
Gun restriction values shared by the whole West except the US. And by every peace-loving American
sharedvalues
Nov 2017
#41
And what other countries in the West have banned everything except single shots?
aikoaiko
Nov 2017
#46
YES. Allow single-shot hunting rifles only. Ban all other guns. Ban handguns. Ban semi-automatics
sharedvalues
Nov 2017
#32