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Remmah2 (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:38 AM Original message |
True meaning of the Second Amendment. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. The 2nd Amendment is about national defense, not personal defense. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Luby's changed everything |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Meaning it changed nothing. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Indeed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. FREEDOM! LIBERTY! GASTROPODS! PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! DIEGESIS! N/T |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. 31 posts, and as yet no copy and paste ...... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. do not offend the hive - a swarm of NRA talking points will emerge |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. You know, I've found the phrase "NRA talking points" to be synoymous with... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. if a person can not protect theirself how can they protect the nation? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. By paying their taxes. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. can you please elaborate......... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. lovely. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. Hard to read Post #4. The Mods deleted it. (n/t) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. That is one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen posted on DU |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Wow. Just... wow. n/t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Agreed. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Is your personal security not a part of the security of a free state? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not really, no. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's unfortunate that your life is so meaningless. I value mine, and so do many other people. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You're being dishonest. I didn't say my life is meaningless. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I say loss of one person does affect state security. Your attitude is precisely why... |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. The individual and the state. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. To some , ideas come first , and people come second |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. That horse is dead. You can give up beating it. N/T |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. You mean the dependent clause? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Individuals, families, and communities are all part of the state |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. It is about DECENTRALIZED national defense. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Then the 2nd Amendment is obsolete. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Individuals, families, and communities still need to be able to defend themselves |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You are dead wrong ( Why am I not surprised?) |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Texas also has a Texas State Guard |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. WA as well. |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
80. And state air force. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. uboat? |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I read about it in an NRA magazine |
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Remmah2 (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I hear they're banning that magazine too. nt |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. If "they" can do away with both the First and Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights ... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Sounds like bullshit. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. If you want to keep believing that about "other claims" you should probably not start keeping score |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Facts are inconvenient things for gungeon dwellers. |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Of which persuasion? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Facts are inconvenient things for anti-rights types who troll the forum |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Supporting RW front groups like the NRA |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Supporting Constitutional rights, liberty, self-preservation, and choice are progressive values |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. A little more research. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Where's a copy of the Letter of Marque? |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Google IS your friend. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. The point is the NRA lies. About EVERYTHING. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. What makes you think that everything or anything said here in support of gun rights |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Two things. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
67. Good, if you are in a militia then you can keep a gun and bear it if called upon. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. 2nd Amendment rights are not limited to militia members - that clause identifies one |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Interpretations vary. One day when we've had enough of guns, it will be re-interpreted. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The language of the second is quite clear, regardless of how you wish to interpret it |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I guess that is why numerous legal scholars disagree, and smart states outlaw guns in public. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Because of wishful thinking, yes. There's no valid reason to think that militia membership |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Provide verifiable evidence, including link. n/t |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Which is why the founders enumerated the right of The People. |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
79. It is not obsolete until it is repelled. Until then it is part of the supreme law of the land. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. "The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Pigs FLY! |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. Provide verifiable evidence, including link. n/t |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. i've seen this clip before.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Chuck Schumer's behavior was deplorable |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. I agree whole heartedly |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. You should listen to him about the Space Shuttle and Houston. n/t |
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Remmah2 (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Suzanna Gratia Hupp |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. It means |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The security of the state is not just about the state as a whole |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yep. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. If the communities, families, households, and individuals aren't secure, the state isn't secure! |
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DWC (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. It does not get more "mainstream" |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. The 2a gives me the right as an individual to own firearms of my choice |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. She did a book signing at a central Texas gun show a couple weeks back. |
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DWC (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. That was just down the road from my shop. She is amazing! n/t |
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Flyboy_451 (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
76. who can we ask about the intentions of the 2nd??? |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Excellent post! n/t |
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